Mehuli Ghosh beat Cho Eunyoung of Korea 16-12 to clinch the ladies’s air rifle gold within the Asian airgun championship in Daegu, Korea, on Saturday.
Mehuli had certified within the second place behind Keum Jihyeon of Korea, who shot an Asian report 634.4. In the second stage, Mehuli inched nearer to Cho Eunyoung however certified for the gold medal match within the second place, 1.4 factors behind the Korean. In the gold match, Mehuli struck excessive scores within the climax to say her class.
Former World No. 1 Elavenil Valarivan and Meghana Sajjanar additionally certified for the medal spherical, however completed sixth and seventh respectively.
The junior girls’s gold was bagged by Tilottama Sen who beat compatriot and qualification topper Nancy 17-11.
In the youth girls’s occasion, it was a sweep of medals for India, as Gautami Bhanot, Yukthi Rajendra and Hazel gained gold, silver and bronze respectively. The trio additionally gained the youth crew gold, beating Korea 16-6.
In youth males’s occasion, Parth Mane outclassed Ha Semin 16-0 for the gold. Qualification topper Sheersh Kashyap (624.7) and Abhinav Shaw positioned fourth and fifth respectively. The Indian youth crew additionally bagged the gold, beating Korea 16-8.
The outcomes:
Air rifle: Women: 1. Mehuli Ghosh 16 (261.1 (632.5), 2. Cho Eunyoung (Kor) 12 (262.5) 628.6, 3. Alexandra Le (Kaz) 259.4 (628.4); 6. Elavenil Valarivan 207.3 (627.5); 7. Meghana Sajjanar 154.9 (627.5).
Junior girls: 1. Tilottama Sen 17 (260.4) 629.9, 2. Nancy 11 (261.4) 632.3, 3. Misaki Nobata (Jpn) 259.4 (630.0).
Youth girls: 1. Yukthi Rajendra 16 (260.5) 628.3, 2. Gautami Bhanot 14 (261.1) 631.0, 3. Hazel 259.6 (625.6). Team: 1. India (Yukthi, Hazel,Gautami) 16 (626.3) 936.4, 2. Korea (Go Yedam, Park Yeeun, Bae Seoyoung) 6 (624.6) 941.7, 3. Bangladesh 17 (612.8) 919.3.
Youth males: 1. Parth Mane 16 (259.5) 623.0, 2. Ha Semin 0 (258.9) 617.9, 3. Javohir Sokhobov (Uzb) 258.6 (623.6); 4. Sheersh Kashyap 258.4 (624.7), 5. Abhinav Shaw 206.4 (620.3).
Team: 1. India (Abhinav, Sheersh, Parth) 16 (624.8) 936.7, 2. Korea (Kim Taegyeong, Lee Junhwan, Ha Semin) 8 (623.5) 933.3.
Source: www.thehindu.com
