Tejeswini pips Anjali to win Gold

Jalandhar, Apr 12 (UNI) Commonwealth Games Gold medal winner Tejeswini Sawant pipped seasoned campaigner Anjali Bhagwat by a point in the shoot out to bag the 10m Air Rifle title in the 4th Sajjan Singh Sethi Memrial Shooting Championship here today.

The two Maharashtra shooters finished with identical total of 397/400 at the end of regular round and to break the deadlock, shoot out was applied in which Tejeswini prevailed as she shot 100/100 while Anjali posted 99/100.

Another Olympian Suma Shirur (Railways) claimed third position with an aggregate total of 396, while Avneet Kaur Sidhu (IA) finished fourth with 396.

In the men's section, Army shooters maintained their supremacy as Pemba Tamang claimed gold in the 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol.

Tamang relegated his teammate and Melbourne Commonwealth Games gold medallist Vijay Kumar to second place.

Both the shooters were tied with an identical score of 574.

However, in the shoot out Pemba hit 47/50 for the top place while Vijay shot 46. Harpreet Singh (Navy) claimed bronze with 563.

Meanwhile, national record holder Sanjeev Rajput (Navy) hit the bull's eye with a total of 1159 points in the prone, standing and kneeling positions. Sushil Ghaley (Army) collected 1143 points for silver and Manoj Kumar(Navy) bagged bronze with 1142 points.

Results: 50m Rifle 3 position: Sanjeev Rajput (Navy) 1159 pts; Sushil Ghaley (Army) 1143; Manoj Kumar (Navy) 1142 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Pemba Tamang (Army) 574 (47); Vijay Kumar (Army) 574 (46); Harpreet Singh (Navy) 563 10m Rifle (Women): Tejeshwini Sawant (Mah) 397; Anjali Bhagwat (Mah) 397; Suma Shirur (Railways) 396 UNI XC HSB PDS PM1834