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New Delhi, England, Nov 28 (PTI): Rajasthan’s Bhavesh Shekhawat sealed his first title by winning the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol gold at the ongoing 64th Shooting Nationals, even as Olympic silver-medallist comeback-man Vijay Kumar finished fourth here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Haryana’s Anish Bhanwala, who was third in the men’s event, claimed a gold in the junior rapid fire competition, strengthening his state’s firm grip at the top of the medals tally.<\/p>\n
In the men’s event though, Bhavesh, a long-time performer in the national circuit and who has also represented India, finally broke through on the day overcoming a quality field.<\/p>\n
He was in great form registering as many as three clean series scores of 5 in the eight-series final, to finish with 33 hits out of 40.<\/p>\n
The next best, the seasoned Gurpreet Singh of the Army, had one 5-hits series to claim the silver with 29, while Anish won bronze with 22 hits.<\/p>\n
Vijay, returning to competitive shooting after a gap of five years, bowed out in fourth position while on 17 hits.<\/p>\n
Youngsters Vijayveer Sidhu and Ahnad Jawanda finished fifth and sixth respectively.<\/p>\n
In the junior men’s final, Anish was in stunning form, not shooting below 4 per series with two clean scores of 5 among them.<\/p>\n
His final score of 34 was way ahead of state-mate Adarsh Singh, who won silver with 30-hits.<\/p>\n
Sidhu picked up the bronze for Punjab with 24.<\/p>\n
After 10 days of competitions, 32 gold medals have been given out so far in the pistol events, with Haryana claiming 12 of them to sit at the top.<\/p>\n
They are followed by Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, who have four gold medals each. Haryana also has most medals with 27.<\/p>\n
Over 4500 athletes have descended at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range to participate in the tournament, scheduled to run till 6 December.<\/p>\n
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