Ganga Singh Wins Gold at KSS Memorial Shooting Championship

New Delhi, May 6: In the ongoing 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal, Army shooter Ganga Singh clinched the gold medal in the men’s 50-meter rifle three positions event. Meanwhile, in the senior mixed team 10-meter air pistol ISSF event held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi, the duo of Kamaljeet Chaudhary and Surbhi Rao from Haryana emerged victorious.

Ganga Singh scored a total of 357.8 in the finals, securing the top position on the podium. Arjun Babuta from the Railways won the silver medal with a score of 356.9, while another railway shooter, Swapnil Suresh Kusale, took home the bronze with a score of 343.7. Army’s Siddharth Gaur finished fourth with a score of 332.3.

In the qualification round, Punjab’s Harjas Singh led with a score of 586-25x, followed by Maharashtra’s Rudransh B. Patil with 584-31x. Arjun Babuta qualified third with a score of 584-28x, while Swapnil Kusale secured the fourth position with 583-31x.

In the 10-meter pistol mixed team event, the Haryana pair topped the qualification round with a score of 576-17x and later won the gold medal with a final score of 476.6. Karnataka’s Mamith N. Gowda and Divya T.S., who qualified fourth with a score of 573-17x, settled for the silver medal with a final score of 472.5.

ONGC’s Amanpreet Singh and Shweta won the bronze medal with a score of 409.3. Gujarat’s Vaibhav and Jinesh, who qualified second with a score of 574-11x, finished fourth in the finals.

West Bengal’s Adrian Karmakar won the junior men’s 50-meter rifle three positions title with a score of 360.2 in the finals. Haryana’s Rohit Kaniyan earned the silver medal with a score of 350.5, while Rajasthan’s Prince secured the bronze with a score of 336.1. Maharashtra’s Vedant Nitin Waghmare finished fourth with a score of 328.1.

In the qualification round, Vedant Nitin Waghmare topped with a score of 580-26x, followed closely by Adrian Karmakar with 580-24x. Madhya Pradesh’s Priyavrat Singh Tomar was third with a score of 579-22x, while Prince was fourth with 578-16x.

In the junior mixed team ISSF event for 10-meter air pistol, Rajasthan’s Yogesh and Mohini won the gold medal with a final score of 478.6, having qualified fourth with a score of 576-21x.

Haryana’s Shiva and Navya topped the qualification round with a score of 581-22x but had to settle for bronze after scoring 417.7 in the finals. Karnataka’s Avantika and Jonathan won the silver medal with a score of 478 in the finals.

In the youth mixed team ISSF event for 10-meter air pistol, Rajasthan’s Girish and Bhavya topped the qualification with a score of 575-21x and continued their excellent form in the finals, winning the gold medal with a score of 479.1.

Delhi’s Tanish and Manyata finished second with a score of 575-13x and secured the silver medal with a final score of 472.6. Madhya Pradesh’s Yugpratap and Aardhya, who were fourth with a score of 572-13x, won the bronze medal with a score of 413.3.