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New Delhi/Bhopal: At the 67th National Shooting Championship competitions, Ganemat Sekhon and Bhavtegh Singh Gill won golds, registering Punjab’s dominance in skeet shooting, IANS reported.
At the event, which was conducted at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi, Ganemat Sekhon of Punjab clinched her second consecutive national title in the women’s skeet competition, demonstrating exceptional precision.
In the individual women’s final, Sekhon hit 50 out of 60 targets, comfortably defeating her state-mate Asees Chhina, who managed 46 hits to take silver.
Olympian Raiza Dhillon secured bronze in a competitive field.
This victory marked Sekhon’s second gold medal in the competition, as she had earlier won the women’s team event with teammates Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Jasmeen Kaur.
Young Bhavtegh Singh Gill, fresh from his triumph at the World University Championships, claimed his first senior national title in men’s skeet with an impressive 54 hits in the final.
Fatehbir Singh Shergill of Air India secured silver with 51 hits, while Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan of Uttar Pradesh took bronze with 43 hits out of the first 50 targets.
Gill added two more golds to his name by winning the men’s and junior men’s team events earlier in the competition, capping off a remarkable performance.
In the junior men’s skeet final, Haryana’s Ishan Singh Libra edged past Bhavtegh Singh Gill in a dramatic shoot-off, claiming gold with a 6-5 score after both were tied at 52 hits.
The junior women’s skeet event saw Raiza Dhillon secure another gold for Haryana, hitting 53 targets to outclass Vanshika Tiwari of Madhya Pradesh, who managed 47 hits. Yashasvi Rathore of Rajasthan took bronze.