Kumar Surendra Singh Championship: Harveen denies Esha gold
It was a welcome return to form for the World University Games champion Harveen, as she scored 240.4, beating Esha to the gold by 1.5 points.
Published : Jun 26, 2019 20:43 IST
It required a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) from Punjab, Harveen Srao, to check the gold hunt of Esha Singh, who went on to win the junior and youth gold medals, after losing the women’s title in the 19th Kumar Surendra Singh Shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Wednesday. It was a welcome return to form for the World University Games champion Harveen, as she scored 240.4, beating Esha to the gold by 1.5 points. A string of 9s and the odd 8 had punctured Esha's hopes, especially after she had 9.5 when Harveen shot 10.8 just before the duel for gold. Harveen did fire 8.8 on the penultimate shot, to let Esha bridge the gap, but wound up majestically with a 10.5 even before Esha fired her 10.3, to secure the gold. Both the shooters had 569 in qualification which may not serve much purpose in terms of securing them a berth in the national squad, behind the likes of Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu. Ruchita Vinerkar who topped qualification with 575, settled for the bronze, and helped Railways to the team gold.
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P. Shri Nivetha was tied with 197.2 with Ruchita, but lost the tie-shoot and finished fourth. Chinki Yadav, Sneha Bhardwaj, Mahima Turhi Agrawal and Neeraj Kaur were the others to make the final. In the junior section, Esha shot 238.5 to beat Yuvika Tomar by 2.4 points for the gold, as Sneha Bhardwaj climbed to the bronze. In the youth section, Esha was at her best, with 241.4 and beat Sneha by 4.7 points. It was nothing new for Esha, who had swept the women’s, junior and youth gold medals in the last national championship. In men’s rapid fire pistol, Anhad Jawanda beat Bhavesh Shekhawat (585), the qualification topper, 28-26 for the gold, after the two were tied before the last series. Adarsh Singh placed third ahead of Neeraj Kumar, Japtyesh Singh Jaspal and Arpit Goel.
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| The results:25m rapid fire pistolMen: 1. Anhad Jawanda (Pun) 28 (581); 2. Bhavesh Shekhawat 26 (584); 3. Adarsh Singh 22 (582). Juniors: 1. Udhayveer Sidhu 27 (574); 2. Adarsh Singh 26 (582); 3. Vijayveer Sidhu 21 (571). 10m air pistol:Women: 1. Harveen Srao 240.4 (569); 2. Esha Singh 238.9 (569); 3. Ruchita Vinerkar 217.6 (575). Juniors: 1. Esha Singh 238.5 (569); 2. Yuvika Tomar 236.1 (566); 3. Sneha Bhardwaj 213.8 (569). Youth: 1. Esha Singh 241.4 (569); 2. Sneha Bhardwaj 236.7 (569); 3. Kanishka Dagar 216.4 (567). 50m rifle proneWomen: 1. Tejaswini Sawant 624.9; 2. Kajal Saini 621.4; 3. Elizabeth Susan Koshy 619.8. Juniors: 1. Nischal 615.1; 2. Shirin Godara 613.7; 3. Bhakti Bhaskar 613.6. |