Jaipur: Five time Asian Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu clinched the gold medal for the second successive time in the men’s trap event at the 60th National Shooting Championship for shotgun on Saturday.
The four-time Olympian representing Punjab, shot 117 out of 125 in the qualifiers, to reach the six-man final rounds for the second time in as many years. He then defeated Anwer Sultan of UP 45-43, to top the podium.
India international Zoravar Singh Sandhu, who had topped qualification round with a score of 121, shot 33 in the final to bag the bronze medal. Silver winner Anwer with a score of 116 finished fourth in the qualification round.
In the junior men’s trap event, Lakshay Sheoran of Haryana, bagged the top honours beating Rajasthan’s Vivaan Kapoor 41-39 in the final. While, Maharashtra’s Ashutosh Sardar Murkute settled for bronze with a final score of 31. It a good comeback for Lakshay who finished fifth with a score of 113 in qualifications, which was topped by Rajasthan’s Aman Ali Elahi with a score of 116.
Aman, who qualified for both the senior and junior men’s trap final, too finished off with a gold in the junior men’s team trap event. He teamed up with Vivaan and Manavaditya Singh Rathore to clinch the yellow metal, with a combined score of 336.
In the team championships, Haryana, with 326, and Madhya Pradesh with 318, won the silver and bronze, respectively.
In the senior team men’s trap, Manavjit and Zoravar exchanged the medals with Zoravar bagging gold for Air India along with teammate Birendeep Sodhi and SM Faisal, while Manavjit and team settling for silver.