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New Delhi: The Junior Men\u2019s Skeet squad led by Anantjeet Naruka bagged India\u2019s fifth gold medal at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championship, currently underway in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Anantjeet, shot a total of 114 in the final round to also clinch an individual Silver Medal while compatriots Karam Sukhbir and Angad Bajwa both shot 113 to go into a shoot off for the individual bronze along with a Kuwaiti opponent, at the end of which Karam emerged triumphant.<\/p>\n
\u201cSkeet shooting has been an area where India did not manage to win any medals of note in international competition over the years and this performance, particularly at the junior level, comes as a shot in the arm for the discipline,\u201d said a naturally jubilant Raninder Singh, President, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). He added, \u201cA team Gold and two individual medals in Skeet at the Asian level suggest that sustained green-shoots have been nurtured and the future of Skeet certainly looks ominous for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
India\u2019s tally going into the last day of competition now stands at an impressive 5 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.<\/p>\n
In other news, Man Singh and Mairaj Ahmed Khan shot 118 and 113 respectively in the Senior Men\u2019s Skeet event to finish outside the Medal positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: The Junior Men\u2019s Skeet squad led by Anantjeet Naruka bagged India\u2019s fifth gold medal at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championship, currently underway in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Anantjeet, shot a total of 114 in the final round to also clinch an individual Silver Medal while compatriots Karam Sukhbir and Angad Bajwa both shot 113 to go into a shoot off for the individual bronze along with a Kuwaiti opponent, at the end of which Karam emerged triumphant.<\/p>\n
\u201cSkeet shooting has been an area where India did not manage to win any medals of note in international competition over the years and this performance, particularly at the junior level, comes as a shot in the arm for the discipline,\u201d said a naturally jubilant Raninder Singh, President, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). He added, \u201cA team Gold and two individual medals in Skeet at the Asian level suggest that sustained green-shoots have been nurtured and the future of Skeet certainly looks ominous for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
India\u2019s tally going into the last day of competition now stands at an impressive 5 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-shooting-shooting"],"yoast_head":"\n