Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy secured sixth position at the 63rd National Shooting Championship that concluded here on Sunday.
It was played at Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy. Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy was at sixth position with 41 medals including 20 gold, 8 silver and 13 bronze medals.
Whereas, Haryana bagged first position with 173 medals including 84 gold, 48 silver and 41 bronze. While Punjab finished second with 86 medals including 30 gold, 41 silver and 15 bronze and Maharashtra with 81 medals including 18 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze. Uttar Pradesh fourth with 75 medals and Rajasthan with 69 medals stood fifth. A total of 785 medals were at stake in the championship which included 269 gold, 262 silver and 254 bronze.
Medal winners were awarded by the Chief Secretary Aviation, Cottage and Village Industries Department Shri Anirudh Mookerjee by wearing a medal in the closing programme.
Anirudh Mookerjee, the chief guest of Madel Ceremony, visited the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy campus and observed the shooting range of 10 meters, 25 meters and 50 meters for the players. He appreciated the international level sports facilities being provided to the players through the Sports Department. He also witnessed the performance of the players in the tournament.
15,000 players registered for this tournament, which is a record. Mr. Pawan Singh, Director of Sports Dr. Sl Thanked them for the cooperation made by Thousen to the NRAI.
On the final day of the tournament, 10 meters air pistol were played in youth and sub youth event in junior and senior boys section. In the 10m pistol men's individual match played today, Saurabh Chaudhary of Uttar Pradesh secured the first position with 246.4 points, Sarabjot Singh of Haryana with 243.9 points and Abhishek Verma of Haryana got third with 221.1 points. In the team event, Haryana stood first with 1734 points, Army Marksmanship second with 1733 and Uttar Pradesh with 1730 points.
Similarly, in the 10 meter pistol junior boys section, Sarabjot Singh of Haryana secured 243.3 points, Babi Kaushik of Uttar Pradesh secured 242.2 and silver and Siva Narwal of Haryana earned 222.3 points to win the bronze. In the team event, Haryana finished first with 1727 points, Uttar Pradesh with 1716 and second with Army Marksmanship third with 1707.
In the 10 meter pistol youth men's event, Sarwan Kumar of Uttar Pradesh secured first with 242.7 points, Siva Ranwal of Haryana second with 242.2 and Naveen from Haryana earned third place with 220.3 points.
In the team event, Haryana finished first with 1717 points, Uttar Pradesh with 1709 points and Delhi with 1704 points.