National Shooting Championship Competitions: Mohd. Asab of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan’s Anushka Singh Bhati emerged as the men’s and women’s national champions respectively as the Double Trap competitions at the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions (Shotgun) concluded at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range near New Delhi on Tuesday.
Mohd. Asab shot 27, 25, 28, and 21 across four rounds to claim the gold medal in the men’s double trap with an aggregate of 101 hits. Ankur Mittal of ONGC finished close behind to claim the silver medal with 99 (26, 25, 24, 24), while Ketan Bhimjibhai Patel of Gujarat secured the bronze with 90 hits (25, 21, 23, 21).
The women’s double trap national title went to Anushka Singh Bhati of Rajasthan, who topped the field with 77 hits (14, 18, 21, 24) to win gold. The remaining podium places in the women’s category were decided by a shoot-off, with Varsha Varman of Madhya Pradesh (16, 22, 15, 20) claiming the silver medal after prevailing by +2 hits in the shoot-off against Gujarat’s Yeshaya Hafiz Contractor, who settled for bronze with +1 hits, as both shooters had finished the competition level on 73 birdies.
