The players of the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy have glorified the name of the State by winning 12 medals in the 60th national shotgun shooting championship, Jaipur.
Academy’s players have bagged four gold medals, one silver medal and seven bronze medals during the national event in Jaipur.
The team of Manisha Keer, Pragati Dubey and Anam Baasit has bagged the gold medal in the trap women team event while another team of Manisha Keer, Pragati Dubey and Ayesha Khan has won gold medal in the trap junior women team event during the national tournament.
A team of Manisha Keer, Shaifali Rajat and Mahima Vishwakarma has won the gold medal in the double trap junior women team event while another team of Manisha Keer, Anam Baasit and Shalini Yashwant has won the gold medal in double trap women team event.
Similarly, a team of Pooja Vishwakarma, Sandhya Yadav and Sania Khan has bagged silver medal in the skeet women team event while a team of Pooja Vishwakarma, Sandhya Yadav and Khushi Dhakad has bagged bronze medal in the skeet women team event.
Manisha Keer has bagged 2 separate bronze medals in the trap women individual event and double trap junior women event.
A team of Aakash Saharan, Aman Dayal and Ritvik Thapa and Rajesh Yadav has bagged the bronze medal in the trap junior men team event while another team of Praveen Thapa, Krishnapal Bishnoi and Rajesh Yadav has bagged the bronze medal in the skeet junior men team event.
Minister of state for sports and youth welfare, Yashodhara Raje Scindia met the medalist players on Tuesday and congratulated the players on their achievement.