Thirteen-year-old Shapath Bharadwaj created history when he became the youngest shooter in double trap category in the ongoing 35 National Games when he represented Team Uttarakhand.
While competing with ace trap shooters of the country in National Games which began in Kerala from January 31 the boy got 16 national rank in the double trap event and received appreciation from shooters fraternity and officials for his excellent performance. The young shooter is an student in class VII of St Mary`s Academy.
At the new shooting range inside the Kerala Police Academy in Thrissur town Shapath competed with ace shooters like three times world champion Ronjan Sodhi, winner of Asian Games Ankur Mittal, Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Mohd Asab, Sangram Singh Dahiya and Ajay Mittal. The young shooter scored 110 points out of 150 and received appreciation for his shooting skills at this tender age.
“Playing in National Games has always been a dream for a player and I am happy that I got the opportunity to play with ace shooters”, said Shapath while giving credit of his performance to his coach Yoginder Pal Singh.