All India Inter-University shooting c’ship: Rhythm Sangwan bags gold in 25m sports pistol

Rhythm Sangwan clinched the women’s 25-metre sports pistol gold for Delhi University with an impressive score of 590 in the All India inter-University shooting championship.

Published : Feb 11, 2023 20:51 IST

File Photo: Rhythm Sangwan clinched the women’s 25-metre sports pistol gold for Delhi University with an impressive score of 590.
File Photo: Rhythm Sangwan clinched the women’s 25-metre sports pistol gold for Delhi University with an impressive score of 590. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU
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File Photo: Rhythm Sangwan clinched the women’s 25-metre sports pistol gold for Delhi University with an impressive score of 590. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU

Rhythm Sangwan clinched the women’s 25-metre sports pistol gold for Delhi University with an impressive score of 590 in the All India inter-University shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.

However, Punjab University, Chandigarh, managed to bag the team gold through Gauri Sheoran, Manu Bhaker and Milan Godara with a score of 1718, one point ahead of Delhi which had Payal and Khushi Kapoor along with Rhythm.

The men’s trap gold was won by Shapath Bhardwaj for host Manav Rachna, with a top score of 121 out of 125, while the women’s gold went to the national champion Kiran.

The skeet gold medals were bagged by Gurnihal Singh Garcha and Parinaaz Dhaliwal.

Interestingly, Guru Nanak Dev Univesity, Punjab University, Chandigarh; Punjabi University, Patiala and the University of Delhi managed to win a team gold each in the shotgun events.

The results
Men
Trap: 1. Shapath Bhardwaj 121; 2. Aditya Bhardwaj 117; 3. Shardul Vihan 115.
Skeet: 1. Gurnihal Singh Garcha 114; 2. Abhay Singh Sekhon 113; 3. Arjun Thakur 110.
Women
25m sports pistol: 1. Rhythm Sangwan 590; 2. Abhidnya Patil 582; 3. Megana Sadula 579.
Trap: 1. Kiran 112; 2. Neeru 111; 3. Ashima Ahlawat 109.
Skeet: 1. Parinaaz Dhaliwal 111; 2. Areeba Khan 108; 3. Ganemat Sekhon 107.
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