Six, including child, pastor killed in Mississippi shooting
Six people were killed, including a seven-year-old girl and a pastor, in Mississippi, the New York Post reported, citing the police.
Six people were killed, including a seven-year-old girl and a pastor, in Mississippi, the New York Post reported, citing the police.
Ameerah signed off with a winning score of 251.9, while Sancheti had to settle for silver on 251.8. Chhattisgarh’s Pranju Shree Somani claimed the bronze with 230.5.
Kerala’s Vidarsa K. Vinod put up a spirited challenge to claim the silver medal with 462.9, while Railways’ Ayonika Paul secured the bronze after finishing with 451.8.
Suruchi led Haryana’s effort with 293-8x, while Samrat contributed 289-6x.
Manu underlined her class in the senior final, shooting 36 to comfortably secure the gold medal.
Earlier, India had two shooters qualify for the junior women’s air pistol final with Prachi qualifying a spot behind Kanak in fifth as the two shot scores of 571 and 572 respectively.
The 20-year-old junior 3P national champion shot 626.7 after 60 shots, narrowly missing out on gold—won by Sweden’s Jesper Johansson—by just 0.3 points. Griffin Lake of the USA claimed the bronze with a score of 624.6.
The first batch of 40 Indian shooters and support staff will embark on the blue-riband event of the junior international shooting sport calendar, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) in Suhl, Germany, on Saturday.
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced that the national selection trials 2 and 3 for Shotgun events (Trap and Skeet), will be conducted in New Delhi and Bhopal, from May 21 and June 1, respectively.
Abhay Singh Sekhon, the youngest member of the Indian men’s skeet shooting trio at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Nicosia, Cyprus, raised hopes of a final entry, ending day two of qualifications in fifth place and a tally of 98 after four rounds.
