Manu Bhaker strikes double gold in Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting occasion

Pistol ace Manu Bhaker shot a double gold, claiming each the ladies’s and junior girls’s 10m air pistol titles on the twentieth Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting occasion right here on Friday.

The 20-year-old from Haryana shot 263.9 to outclass her opponents within the eight-women semi-final occasion.

Compatriot Arshdeep Kaur had a neck-and-neck combat with Manu and even adopted her to the gold medal contest.

However, Manu, a former world primary, outshot Kaur 16-14 in a intently fought ultimate contest.

Kaur completed second with a rating of 260.5 to bag the silver medal, whereas Haryana’s Radhika Tanwar received the bronze.

In the junior girls’s occasion, Manu was as soon as once more in a league of her personal as she claimed the highest place with a rating of 249.

It was Uttar Pradesh’s Yuvika Tomar, who was the most effective shooter all-around in qualifying, topping each the ladies’s and junior girls’s qualifiers with a rating of 584.

However, Manu was too good for her, sealing the ultimate 16-12.

The second and third positions have been claimed by Yuvika Tomar of Uttar Pradesh and Lakshita of Haryana, who scored 252.7 and 246.7 respectively.

Shikha Narwal received within the youth class the place Lakshita picked up the silver.

Yuvika did win gold on the day although, teaming up with Anjali Chaudhary and Devanshi Dhama to seal the staff title for UP.
Haryana received silver, whereas Maharashtra claimed the bronze medal.