Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting: Rashmika Sahgal of Delhi bagged a triple crown in the women’s 10m air pistol in the two-day final of the 23rd Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship at the M.P. State Academy (MPSA) ranges in Bhopal on Friday. A top domestic competition attracting top shooters from across India, the event is being held in two centres simultaneously, the pistol events in Bhopal and the rifle competitions at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi.
Rashmika, who will be part of the junior Indian team that will compete at the Junior World Cup in Suhl, next month, shot 239.9 in the women’s final, 243.2 in the junior women’s final, and 240.6 in the youth women’s final to win all three and pull off an incredible feat. Earlier on Thursday, Naamya Kapoor of Delhi had won the junior women’s 25m pistol with 34 hits in the final.
Also on Thursday, India international Divya T.S. of Karnataka clinched the women’s 25m pistol title, first firing a world-class 586 in qualifying and then scoring 31 hits in the 10-series final comprising five rapid-fire shots each. Divya also had the likes of Olympian and former Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat, who finished fourth, for company in the final.
