National Shooting Championship: Ronjan wins gold in double trap

New Delhi: Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap gold in the 57th National Shooting Championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, New Delhi on Monday. Ronjan Sodhi defeated Ajay Mittal of Haryana as he shot 27/30 against Mittal's score of 25/30.

Meanwhile, Olympian Sanjeev Rajput bagged the yellow metal in the 50m Rifle 3 position event by defeating Olympic bronze medal winner Gagan Narang. Sanjeev shot 456.1 to win the gold, while Gagan scored 448.6 to claim silver medal. Chain Singh of Army shot 437.1 to win the bronze.

Meanehilr, Delhi Police shooter Narendra Singh Rawat won an individual silver medal with 1122 score in the 50m Rifle 3 position men Civilian event. Vishwajeet D. Shinde of Railways won the gold with 1123 points, while Karnataka's Shashi Kiran scored 1121 to win the bronze in the civilian category.


Delhi's team of Narendra S. Rawat, Manmohan Singh and Rijul Kala also won a bronze medal in 50m Rifle 3 position civilian championship team event with a score of 3285. Gold went to Railways with 3331 while Tamil Nadu won the silver medal.