State wins 8 medals at National Rifle Shooting Championship-2021

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The medal distribution of some matches of the 64th National Rifle Shooting Championship-2021 was held on Thursday.

Olympian Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar Goldie Tomar of Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy continued her stellar performance and won two gold medals each in the 50m rifle prone category of the 64th National Rifle Shooting Championship-2021.

Madhya Pradesh won a total of 8 medals including 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze in the 50m Rifle Prone event. In this championship, players of MP Academy have won a total of 21 medals so far.

Lokayukta Naresh Kumar Gupta reached the State Shooting Academy as the chief guest in the medal distribution ceremony of 64th National Rifle Shooting Championship-2021. He observed 50 m, shotgun, 25 and 10 m shooting ranges. Today, honor the winners of the finals of 50m prone and 10m mixed events.

Lokayukta Naresh Kumar Gupta rewarded him with a medal. On this occasion the chief guest Naresh Kumar Gupta, his wife Manisha Gupta as well as Joint General Secretary of Rifle Association of India Pawan Kumar, Director Sports and Youth Welfare Ravi Kumar Gupta, Academy's High Performance Coach Suma Shirur were specially present.

Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia  congratulated the medal winning players. The championship is being organized under the joint aegis of Sports and Youth Welfare Department and National Rifle Association of India at MP Shooting Academy, Bisankhedi from November 25 to December 10.

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