Amanpreet Singh of Punjab shot 587 and won the centre fire pistol gold in the 23rd Kumar Surendra Singh shooting championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Monday.
The 22-year-old Amanpreet beat Mandeep Singh by two points. Sahil Choudhary won the bronze ahead of Olympian Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh and the Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar.
Mukesh Nelavalli of Andhra Pradesh won the standard pistol gold with a score of 575, one point ahead of Suraj Sharma in both the men’s and junior events.
The results: 25m standard pistol: 1. Mukesh Nelavalli 575; 2. Suraj Sharma 574; 3. Adarsh Singh 573.
Juniors: 1. Mukesh Nelavalli 575; 2. Suraj Sharma 574; 3. Yogesh Kumar 567.
25m centre fire pistol: 1. Amanpreet Singh 587; 2. Mandeep Singh 585; 3. Sahil Choudhary 584.
Published – May 05, 2025 07:01 pm IST