Army Marksmanship Unit's (AMU) Satyendra Singh got the better of teammate and Olympian Chain Singh to clinch the gold medal in men's 50m rifle 3 positions event on the concluding day of 60th National Shooting Championship here on Monday.
Satyendra qualified for the eight-man final in second position behind Chain Singh with a score of 1164, which was identical to Chain's effort, but had nine fewer inner 10s.
In the final though, he managed to turn the tables on his more internationally accomplished teammate, amassing a score of 450.9 in the stipulated 45 shots to Chain's 448.4. Rahul Poonia of the Navy won the bronze by shooting 439.1.
In the junior men's 50m rifle 3 positions event, Subhankar Pramanick of West Bengal capped off a brilliant year, adding the national title to the Junior World Cup gold he had won earlier in the year.
The World Cup gold was in the rifle prone event, which amply shows Subhankar's versatility. Subhankar qualified for the final in second position, shooting a score of 1132 behind Syed Araib Pervez of Madhya Pradesh, who shot 1133. He was however a class apart in the finals, shooting a score of 442.1 in the stipulated 45 shots, a good 11.8 points ahead of silver medallist Harshit Binjwa of Madhya Pradesh. V Sarvesh Swaroop of Tamil Nadu won the bronze, finishing with a score of 418.6 in the finals.
Subhankar also won a silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions Civilian championships in the junior section to conclude a successful day at the range.
In a field packed with Olympians and even a former Olympic silver medallist, teenager Anmol Jain of Haryana caused a flutter, winning the men's 10m air pistol event at the Balewadi Sports Complex.
Anmol beat veteran Olympian P N Prakash of Karnataka in the eight-man final, shooting a score of 201.4 in the allotted 20-shots. Prakash shot 197.5 to settle for the silver, while Omkar Singh of the Navy won the bronze with a final score of 175.8.
Anmol, who has come up the ranks and has been a consistent international shooter at the junior level for the past two years, including winning a silver at the Junior World Cup in Gabala, was up against Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar and multiple international medallist Jitu Rai, apart from other established international shooters such as Prakash and Omkar Singh right through the 60-shot qualifying round and the final round. He shot 579 to qualify in third position. Jitu Rai finished ninth in qualifying to miss the final.
In the final, after being in third position initially, Anmol took the lead by the end of the eighth shot and never looked back.