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National Shooting C'ship: Ameerah Arshad Wins Thriller In 10m Air Rifle Women Final; Zuhair Khan Claims Men’s Trap Gold
Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy: Haryana’s Ameerah Arshad delivered a composed performance under pressure to clinch the gold medal in a dramatic 10m Air Rifle Women final at the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions (Rifle) held at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal on Friday.
She edged past Railways’ Rajshree Anilkumar Sancheti by a razor-thin margin of 0.1 point. Later in the day, at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi, Zuhair Khan of Uttar Pradesh rose to the occasion to win the men’s trap gold at the 68th NSCC (Shotgun) with 43 hits.
Ameerah finished the women’s final with a score of 251.9, narrowly ahead of Sancheti, who settled for silver on 251.8, while Chhattisgarh’s Pranju Shree Somani secured the bronze medal with 230.5. Tilottama Sen finished fourth with 208.9, followed by Kajal Kumari (187.9) and Sakshi Sunil Padekar (166.2). Haryana’s Ramita finished seventh with 145.1, while qualification topper Prerana Padmakar Morey, who had earlier led the field with 632.5, finished eighth with 122.7.
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