Haryana’s Sarabjot Singh won the men’s 10m air pistol event.© AFP
Haryana’s Sarabjot Singh won the men’s 10m air pistol event for the first time in his short career to be crowned the national champion while youth sensation Saurabh Chaudhary finished fourth on Saturday. Going into the last two goals of the 24-shot final, Sarabjot finished 0.5 points behind his state mate Shiv Narwal. The youngster then scored 10 and 10.5 from Shiva’s 10.1 and 9.3 and Dr. Karni Singh’s 242.3 came out victorious. Shooting Category. Shiva was on silver with 241.7, 0.6 points behind Sarabjot. Delhi’s Harsh Gupta was third with 221.2, while top-ranked Indian and Asian Games champion Saurabh Chaudhary finished fourth with 200.9.
However, Shiva defeated Saurabh Chaudhary in the final by a narrow margin of 0.2 points to clinch the junior men’s title.
His score of 246.7 was also a national final record, ironically previously held by Saurabh of Uttar Pradesh at 245.30.
Saurabh also surpassed his record by winning the silver medal with 246.5. Sarabjot won the bronze medal with a score of 225.4.
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After this, Shiva defeated Sagar Bhargava of Haryana from 243.1 to 239.4 to win the Youth Men’s title. UP’s Arif Malik won the bronze medal with a score of 216.2.
More than 4,500 athletes are participating in the 64th National Shooting Championship in pistol events that will continue till December 6.
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