Apurvi Chandela wins gold at National Shooting Championship

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Commonwealth Games gold medallist Apurvi Chandela has bagged gold medal in Women's 10M Air Rifle event of the 59th National Shooting Championship held at the Dr Karni Singh Range in Tughlakabad in New Delhi. Apurvi Chandela is qualified for Women's 10 m air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Apurvi Chandela who shot 207.8 in the finals, defeated Geetakshi Dixit with an score of 1-2. Chandigarh based rifle shooter, Anjum Moudgil shot 185.7 points and bagged Bronze medal.

In the Men's 50M Rifle 3 Positions which is largely considered as one of the toughest Olympic events, army man Chain Singh  shot 452.8 in the final round and bagged gold medal by defeating Gagan Narang who scored 451.1 points .

Other winners :

• Men’s 50-metre Rifle 3 Positions event: Chain Singh (Indian Army) won the gold medal. Gagan Narang (Air India) won the Silver medal. 
• Junior men’s 25m sports pistol: Achal Pratap Singh Grewal (Gold), Gurmeet Singh (Silver), Aadeithya Johal (Bronze). 
• Junior women’s 10m air rifle: Geetakshi Dixit (Gold), Prachi Pramod Gadkari (Silver) and Nupur Hagawane Patil (Bronze). 
• Youth: Nupur Hagawane Patil (Gold), Ayushi Podder (Silver) and Manini Kaushik (Bronze).

Knowledge booster :

National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) which was founded in 1951 by the first speaker of Lok Sabha, Sh. G.V. Mavlankar to  promote and popularize the shooting sports in India hold five national level competitions annually with a view to promote and popularize the Sports of shooting in India:

1. National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC)
2. All India G.V. Mavlankar Shooting Championship (AIGVMSC)
3. Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Championship
4. Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship
5. All India Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Inter School Shooting Championship