Teenager Anish Bhanwala from Haryana, who won a Silver in the Commonwealth Shooting Championships last month, won his first senior national crown, clinching the men’s 25metre Rapid Fire Pistol Gold at the ongoing National Shooting Championship Competitions in Trivandrum on Sunday. The 15-year-old went to win the Junior and Junior Team event Gold in the same discipline to round off a profitable day.
In the Men’s final, Anish shot 31 to get the better of Army’s Rajesh Kumar, who won Silver with a finals score of 24. The experienced Pemba Tamang of the Army won bronze shooting 20. The six-man final also had Rio Olympian Gurpreet Singh who finished fifth and India international Harpreet Singh who ended fourth.
In the junior men’s final, Anish shot 30 to leave behind Haryana teammate Adarsh Singh, who shot 25, for silver. Punjab’s Anhad Jawanda won bronze, being eliminated when on a score of 16.
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