Saurabh Chaudhary and Sakshi Padekar Shine at Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship

Championship Overview

The 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship took place at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi and the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal, showcasing remarkable talent in shooting sports.

10m Air Pistol Men ISSF Results

In the men's 10m Air Pistol ISSF event, Saurabh Chaudhary from Railways secured the gold medal with a final score of 242.8. Gaurav from Uttar Pradesh followed closely, earning silver with 240.7, while Hardik Bansal from Delhi took home the bronze with 219.3.

During the qualification round, Kamaljeet Choudhary from Haryana led with a score of 585-24x, with Saurabh Chaudhary qualifying second at 584-25x. Gaurav finished third with 582-20x, and Hardik Bansal entered the finals in fourth place with 581-18x.

50m Rifle 3 Positions Women ISSF Results

Sakshi Sunil Padekar from Maharashtra clinched the gold medal in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions ISSF event, scoring 357.7. Anjum Moudgil from Punjab earned silver with 357.2, while Aakriti Dahiya from Maharashtra secured bronze with 346.3.

In the qualification phase, Sakshi topped the standings with a score of 590-34x, matching the KSS record. Manini Kaushik from Rajasthan qualified second with 587-37x, and Shriyanka Sadangi from Odisha came in third with 585-22x.

Junior Women's Title

Manya Mittal from Uttar Pradesh won the junior women's title with a score of 354.8. Pratha Rathod from Madhya Pradesh took silver with 351.9, while Haryana's Hazel earned bronze with 338.6. Tamil Nadu's Melvina Angeline J finished fourth with 327.4.

In the qualification round, Manya led with 582-29x, followed by Pratha with 581-23x, and Hazel with 580-22x.

Junior Men's Title

Abhishek Saini from Rajasthan emerged victorious in the junior men's category with a score of 241.1. Yogesh Kumar, also from Rajasthan, secured silver with the same score, while Jonathan Gavin Antony from Karnataka claimed bronze with 219.3.

Youth Men's Title

In the youth men's event, Devendra Farswal from Rajasthan took the gold, with Haryana's Priyanshu Yadav earning silver. Hardik Bansal from Delhi secured bronze, and Uttarakhand's Shubh finished fourth.

Additional Results

10m Pistol Men Team

1. Army Marksmanship Unit (Kedarling Balakrishna, Ravinder Singh, Ajendra Singh) - 1744.0-59x 2. Rajasthan (Yogesh Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Sandeep Bishnoi) - 1738.0-47x 3. Haryana (Kamaljeet Choudhary, Shiva Narwal, Kapil Bhainsla) - 1737.0-64x

10m Pistol Sub Youth Men

1. Tanish Kumar (Delhi) - 579-20x 2. Devendra Farswal (Rajasthan) - 579-18x 3. Divyaraj Gohil (Gujarat) - 577-19x

10m Pistol Master Men

1. Babu Ram (Chandigarh) - 580-18x 2. Vinod Abaji Khutade (Maharashtra) - 560-11x 3. Rajesh Kumar Pandit (Uttar Pradesh) - 557-12x

50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Team

1. Maharashtra (Sakshi Padekar, Tejaswani Sawant, Bhakti Khamkar) - 1749-84x 2. Punjab (Anjum Moudgil, Sift Kaur Samra, Gursidak Kaur Khosa) - 1736-74x 3. Rajasthan (Manini Kaushik, Kriti Raj Rathore, Monika Jakhar) - 1733-76x

50m Rifle 3 Positions Youth Women

1. Pratha Rathod (Madhya Pradesh) - 581-23x 2. Prarthana Sen (Madhya Pradesh) - 580-22x 3. Nimrat Kaur Brar (Punjab) - 575-17x

50m Rifle 3 Positions Deaf Women

1. Mahit Sandhu (Chandigarh) - 577-20x 2. Natasha Joshi (Maharashtra) - 563-15x 3. Priyesha Deshmukh (Maharashtra) - 560-11x.