Mandrem (Goa), 15 November: Sania Sapale won the women’s and junior categories in the 50m rifle prone event at the 41st Maharashtra State Shooting Championship on Sunday. Her score of 617.60 was nearly five points better than that of Gaurav Desale (612.90), who won the men’s event.
Shivendra Patil also won two titles in the same event, taking the junior and youth categories with 613.0.
Women’s winners all beat the men’s score
Sania, who shoots for Ajinkya Shooting Club, won the women’s event by 0.50 points from Sakshi Padekar of Pune Shooters Club (617.10). Dnyaneshwari Patil of Lakshyavedh Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club was third with 616.70.
Riddhi Kothawale, who was second in the junior category with 616.50, won the youth title. The winners of all three women’s categories scored more than the men’s winner.
Shivendra wins two titles
Shivendra beat Gaurav Desale by 0.10 points in the junior category. Gaurav and Atharva Angre of Krida Prabodhini (612.30) took the first two places in the men’s event, 0.60 points apart. Dr Anand Krishnamurthy, who was third in the men’s event with 612.20, won the Masters category.
Pistol leaders
In the 10m air pistol event, Tejas Dhere leads the men’s category with 574. Piyush Jethhe and Omkar Chavan share the junior lead on 571, and Omkar also leads the youth and sub-youth categories. Sheetal Desai leads the women’s category with 569.
Sheetal also leads the 50m pistol event with 525. In the men’s category, Pranav Patil and Prakash Waghela are level on 539, and Prathamesh Kadam leads the juniors with 530.
50m rifle prone results
Men: 1. Gaurav Desale (Olympia Rifle Club, 612.90), 2. Atharva Angre (Krida Prabodhini, 612.30), 3. Dr Anand Krishnamurthy (MRA, 612.20).
Youth: 1. Shivendra Patil (Lakshyavedh Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club, 613.0), 2. Daya Parkhi (Perfecta Aima Shooting Club, 601.80), 3. Farhan Patil (Lakshyavedh Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club, 601.80).
Junior: 1. Shivendra Patil (613.0), 2. Gaurav Desale (612.90), 3. Atharva Angre (612.30).
Masters: 1. Dr Anand Krishnamurthy (612.20), 2. Abhijit Singh Jadhav (Colaba Rifle and Pistol Club, 612.0), 3. Sachin Shinde (MRA, 589.70).
Women: 1. Sania Sapale (Ajinkya Shooting Club, 617.60), 2. Sakshi Padekar (Pune Shooters Club, 617.10), 3. Dnyaneshwari Patil (Lakshyavedh Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club, 616.70).
Women’s youth: 1. Riddhi Kothawale (Tejaswini Sawant Shooting Academy, 616.50), 2. Swamigna Shedge (MRA, 614.70), 3. Rasika Kusale (Lakshyavedh Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club, 607.20).
Women’s junior: 1. Sania Sapale (617.60), 2. Riddhi Kothawale (616.50), 3. Maitreyi Salvi (Ratnadurga Pistol and Rifle Shooting Club, 616).
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