Chain Singh pipped 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Gagan Narang to clinch the gold in the three-position rifle event in the KSS Memorial Shooting Championship at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range on Saturday.
The J&K stalwart representing the Army Marksman Unit, also bagged the team gold with Surendra Singh and Satyendra Singh with a cumulative score of 3473. Aishwarya Singh, Navdeep Rathore and Harshit Binjwa bagged the silver with 3439 points for Madhya Pradesh while the trio representing Navy G. Purshotam, Rahul Poonia and Nigma Parida had to settle for the bronze.
In the individual event, the final saw a battle of nerves between Chain Singh and Narang with the former coming out triumph with a total of 452.6, leaving his experienced competitor behind by 2.4 points. Surendra Singh Rathore bagged the bronze with a score of 438.3.
In the junior men’s category, local lad Abhay Kumar Goel eked out a narrow victory over Madhya Pradesh’s Akash Patidar (441.9) by scoring 442.7. Goa’s Yash Padloskar clinched the bronze with a total of 422.8.
RESULTS
3 Position Rifle Men
Gold - Chain Singh, Army 452.6, Silver - Gagan Narang, Air India 450.2, Bronze - Surender Singh Rathore, Army 438.3
3 Position Rifle Men Team
Gold - Army Marksmanship Unit - 3473, Surendra Singh, Chain Singh, Satyendra Singh
Silver - Madhya Pradesh - 3439 Aishwarya Singh, Navdeep Rathore, Harshit Binjwa
Bronze - Navy - 3405 G. Pursothaman, Rahul Poonia, Nigma Parida
3 Position Rifle Jr. Men
Gold – Abhay Kumar Goel, Delhi 442.7, Silver - Akash Patidar, M.P. 441.9, Bronze - Yash Padloskar, Goa 422.8
3 Position Rifle Women
Gold - Gaayathri N, Tamil Nadu - 453.3, Silver - Hema K.C. Gujrat - 451.9, Bronze - Sonika, Haryana - 439.5
3 Position Rifle Women Team
Gold - Gujrat - 3419 Lajja Gauswami, Hema KC, Mistry Gunjan
Silver - Haryana - 3411 Sonika, Kajal Saini, Aditi Singh
Bronze - Maharashtra - 3390 Bhakti Bhaskar Khamkar, Tejasjwini R. Sawant, Priyal Keni
3 Position Rifle Jr. Women
Gold - G. Varashaa, Tamil Nadu - 441.1, Silver - Yashika, Maharashtra - 429.0, Bronze - Mansi Katha, M.P. - 422.3
10M Pistol Men
Gold - Deepak Sharma - 242.0, Silver - Om Prakash Mitharwal - 241.8, Bronze - Abhishek Verma - 220.8
10M Pistol Jr. Men
Gold - Akash, Haryana - 240.0, Silver - Monu Kumar, UP - 239.3, Bronze - Sachin Bhati, 212.8