India Open Shooting: Aakanksha, Karan crowned champions (Image Source: IANS)
Aakanksha Bansal of the CISF and Karan Sehrawat of Haryana, were crowned champion of champions at the ongoing 11th India Open Shooting Championship, winning the 10m air pistol competition for women and men respectively at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR), here on Saturday.
While Aakanksha clinched a close gold medal match over Uttar Pradesh's Yashika Goel 17-15, Karan was a 16-8 winner over Uttarakhand's Akshit Chauhan.
Aakanksha shot 570 in her qualification round to finish second overall in the field of 33 and then 145.4 in the knockout round, for a shot at the title.
