Anam, Aarti win gold
New Delhi: The 59th National Shooting Championship on Saturday saw Anam Basit of Madhya Pradesh being crowned champion in the women's trap competition while Air India's Aarti Singh Rao claimed the women's skeet title. At the Karni Singh Shooting Range meanwhile here, Rio Olympic qualifier Chain Singh not only lead a group of five army marksmen into the final of the showpiece men's 10M air rifle event, but also ensured that the Army team won the gold in the event.
Chain will be challenged in the finals by the likes of Olympic medallist Gagan Narang of Air India and Sanjeev Rajput of Haryana in the absence of former Olympic Champion Abhinav Bindra.
N’tnl lifting Cship from Dec 24
New Delhi: Cracking the whip on five of its State units, the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) today decided to ban them from taking part in the national championship, scheduled later this month, as a punishment for their lifters' being caught for doping. Weightlifters from five State units — Services Sports Control Board, Delhi, Manipur, Haryana and Punjab — had earlier tested positive for banned substances across different competitions and hence are being stopped from participating in the upcoming tournament, to be held in Patiala from December 24 to 29. "We have banned Services Sports Control Board, Delhi, Manipur, Haryana and Punjab from taking part in the national championship because the weightlifters from these State units had earlier tested positive for doping," IWF secretary general Sahdev Yadav said.
Jyoti in top-10 at Thailand
Bangkok: Jyoti Randhawa, whose last Asian Tour win came in Thailand in 2009, moved into top-10, but was still some distance away from the leaders at the end of the third round of the Thailand Golf Championship on Saturday. Randhawa, three-under through two rounds, shot five-under 67 on the moving day to get to eight-under 208 and tied-ninth place.