Telangana shooters dished out emphatic performances to clinch gold in the men’s team category and silvers in the individual section at the 60th National Shooting Championship held recently at the CRPF ranges in Kadarpur, Gurgaon (Haryana). In the team category of 300m rifle prone junior men’s, Telangana boys Abid Ali Khan (588/600), Aga Mohammed Zainulabedin (565/600) and Mohammad Abdul Shahid (562/600) tallied 1715/1800, a new national record, to leave their rivals from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan who finished with silvers and bronzes respectively.
Thereafter, Zainulabedin also secured a silver medal in 3 position standard rifle event and another silver in 3 position standard rifle event in the civilian championship. He had earlier won a bronze at the G. V. Mavalankar Shooting championship in the Three Position standard rifle junior men’s event. Sandeep Kumar (gold in prone men), Mohammed Abdul Rahaman (bronze in prone men) and Divya Koorakula (bronze in prone junior women) were the other medallists from the State. Meanwhile in the 300m rifle prone civilian team event at the National championship, Telangana boys settled for bronze. Preetpal Singh Major scored 587 followed by Mohammad Abdul Shahid 562 and S.M. Tahir Quadri 557. Uttar Pradesh topped the group while Maharashtra boys took silver.
Gujarat’s Pruthviraj Ayachi (589) won the gold in both the matches followed by Telangana’s Abid Ali Khan (588) who clinched silver while Delhi’s Abhay Kumar Goel (579) settled for bronze in both the matches. Both matches in the individual standard rifle three position junior men produced identical results as Shashank Tripati took the gold with 536 points followed by Telangana’s Aga Mohammed Zainulabedin (460) and Nitish Kumar took the bronze with 437.
The Result
300m Rifle Prone Junior Men (Team, Match 91)
Telangana State (gold): Abid Ali Khan (588/600), Aga Mohammed Zainulabedin (565/600), Mohammad Abdul Shahid (562/600). Uttar Pradesh (silver): Shashank Tripati (566/600), Kushrakesh Srivastava (562/600), Triloki Trivedi (517/600). Rajasthan (bronze): Faisal Syed (565/600), Kalpshakti Veer Singh R. (540/600), Kartikeya Singh Rathore (526/600).
Match 90
Uttar Pradesh (gold): Ajeet Kumar Singh (589/600), Anubhav Pratap Singh (589/600), Deepak Kumar Dubey (571/600). Maharashtra (silver): Indrajeet D. Mohite (574/600), Tejas Kusale (570/600), Daulatrao Dilipsingh Shinde (563/600). Telangana State (bronze): Preetpal Singh Major (587/600), Mohammad Abdul Shahid (562/600), S. M. Tahir Quadri (557/600).
300m Rifle Prone Junior Men (Individual, Match 91)
Gold: Pruthviraj Ayachi (Gujarat, 589/600); Silver: Abid Ali Khan (Telangana, 588/600); Bronze: Abhay Kumar Goel (Delhi, 579/600).
Match 92
Gold: Pruthviraj Ayachi (Gujarat, 589/600); Silver: Abid Ali Khan (Telangana, 588/600); Bronze: Abhay Kumar Goel (Delhi, 579/600).
300m Standard Rifle Three Position Junior Men (Individual, Match 98)
Gold: 1. Shashank Tripati (Uttar Pradesh, 536/600); Silver: Aga Mohammed Zainulabedin (Telangana, 460/600); Bronze: Nitish Kumar (Haryana, 437/600).
Match 99
Gold: Shashank Tripati (Uttar Pradesh, 536/600); Silver: Aga Mohammed Zainulabedin (Telangana, 460/600); Bronze: Nitish Kumar (Haryana, 437/600).
