First and the second round of the double trap event were played on Tuesday during the third day of the ongoing 26th All India GV Mavalankar Shooting Championship at MP State Shooting Academy.
Academy’s Player Preeti Rajak has bagged gold medal while Katha Kapoor of Delhi and academy’s Shaifali Rajak have bagged the silver medal and bronze medal respectively in the senior women individual competition.
Similarly, Preeti Rajak has won the gold medal while Shaifali Rajak and Pooja Patel have bagged the silver medal and the bronze medal respectively in the junior women individual competition.
Shivbhadra Singh Jadeja of Gujarat has bagged the gold medal while Aamir Yunus and Syed Yasir Ibrahim of Uttar Pradesh have bagged the silver medal and the bronze medal respectively in the senior men individual competition.
Vishwatez Singh Patil of Maharashtra has won the gold medal while Rishikesh Chouhan and Kabir Sharma of Delhi have bagged the silver medal and the bronze medal respectively in the junior men individual competition.
Chief Guest of the prize distribution ceremony, Bhaskar Group’s Chairman Ramesh Chandra Agrawal distributed the medals among the players. Sports and Youth Welfare Director Upendra Jain and Shooting Academy’s Technical Consultant Mansher Singh remained present during the ceremony.
Official practice session of skeet event would be conducted on Wednesday. As many as 33 players would take part in the practice session. The final competition of the championship would be played on October 20.
Meanwhile, players of the MP State Fencing Academy have brought laurels to the state by winning two silver medals and a bronze medal in the Sub Junior and Cadet National Competition.
Arunima Shrivastava, Nisha Taide and Anjali Bathre have won silver medals in the cadet team file event of the competition. Similarly, Anjali Bathre, Shivani Raikwar and Himanshi Rawat have bagged silver medals in the sub junior file event. Harshal Bhakte has bagged bronze medal in the competition. As many as 18 players participated in the national competition under the leadership of academy’s Coach Praveen Damle and Shanu.
The medalist players have met the Minister of State for Sports, Yashodhara Raje Scindia and talked about their achievement to the Minister on Tuesday at the TT Nagar Stadium.
Scindia expressed her happiness regarding the achievement of the players and she has extended her greetings to the players.