Meghana Sajjanar and Tejas Krishna Prasad win gold for Karnataka in KSS Championship

Meghana Sajjanar and Tejas Krishna Prasad win gold for Karnataka in KSS Championship

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Meghana Sajjanar, along with her partner Tejas Krishna Prasad, has clinched gold for Karnataka in the 10m air rifle mixed senior event at the 18th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship. Karnataka finished the event strongly and finished 3.4 points ahead of Punjab in first place.

Partnering Tejas Krishna Prasad, Meghana Sajjanar, who won the silver medal at Asian Air Gun Championship, was at her fighting best as she took Karnataka to the mixed air rifle gold, in the 18th Kumar Surendra Singh shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Saturday.

With 1.2 points behind Maharashtra, Karnataka qualified second in the final round. They managed to gain lead in the climax after trailing Punjab, who had Anjum Moudgil and Arjun Babuta in its ranks. Thanks to their strong finish, Karnataka eventually finished 3.4 points ahead of Punjab in the end.

Results:

Mixed team 10m air rifle: 1. Karnataka (Tejas Krishna Prasad, Meghana Sajjanar) 495.9 (832.7); 2. Punjab (Anjum Moudgil, Arjun Babuta) 492.5 (831.0); 3. Maharashtra (Omkar Ukirde, Neha Bhane) 429.9 (833.9).

Juniors: 1. Rajasthan (Manini Kaushik, Divyansh Panwar) 497.3 (832.7); 2. West Bengal (Mehuli Ghosh, Amartya Mukherjee) 495.8 (827.5); 3. Madhya Pradesh (Aishwarya Tomar, Yana Rathore) 433.3 (822.0).

Youth: 1. Rajasthan (Manini Kaushik, Divyansh Panwar) 496.5 (832.7); 2. Madhya Pradesh (Aishwarya Tomar, Mansi Kathait) 496.4 (820.0); 3. Uttar Pradesh (Ramanya Tomar, Chinmai Gupta) 430.6 (822.8).

Trials-5: 25m sports pistol: Women: 1. Anita Devi 28 (571); 2. Annu Raj Singh 26 (570); 3. Anisa Sayyed 24 (580).

Junior women: 1. Abhidnya Patil 27 (571); 2. Arunima Gaur 23 (561); 3. Muskan 21 (565).

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