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Indian trio wins gold in males’s 25m rapid-fire pistol at ISSF Junior World Championship
Raajwardan Paatil and Mukesh Nelavalli missed the person medals in 25-metre fast fireplace pistol, however received the group gold together with Harsimar Singh Rattha, within the World junior taking pictures championship in Lima, Peru.
Raajwardan and Mukesh did make the person last, however completed fourth and fifth, even because the qualification topper Thomas Chinours (584) of France positioned sixth.
The Indian trio had a complete 1722 to comfortably end forward of France and Poland within the race for group gold.
India took its tally to 11 gold, one silver and 4 bronze on the high of the medals desk. China was second with three gold and a silver.
USA and Italy adopted with two gold medals every, aside from the silver and bronze medals.
The outcomes:
Junior males: 25m fast fireplace pistol: 1. Yao Jianan (Chn) 31 (582); 2. Yan Chesnel (Fra) 23 (577); 3. Tomasz Jedraszczy (Pol) 20 (575); 4. Raajwardan Paatil 17 (579); 5. Mukesh Nelavalli 10 (579); 13. Harsimar Singh Rattha 564.
Staff: 1. India 1722; 2. France 1701 (41x); 3. Poland 1701 (36x).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Vizag Open: Angad continues to guide in third spherical
Angad Cheema in motion.
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Angad Cheema in motion.
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Angad Cheema of Chandigarh continued to dominate within the third spherical as the highest contender for the title Vizag Open golf championship on the East Level Golf Membership (EPGC) on Friday.
Angad (69-61-70), the in a single day chief by 4 photographs, had a rock-solid penultimate spherical barring a setback on the ultimate gap as he posted a one-under 70 on Friday to move into spherical 4 with a three-shot benefit at a complete of 13-under 200.
Patna-based Aman Raj (66-68-69) put collectively a two-under 69 to finish day three in second place at 10-under 203.
Gurugram’s Kartik Sharma delivered the day’s greatest rating of seven-under 64 to be positioned tied third together with Noida’s Amardeep Malik (65) and Yashas Chandra (68) of Mysuru.
Angad Cheema, presently fourth on the TATA Metal PGTI Rating with six top-10s within the season to this point, was off to a good begin as he constructed on his lead with birdies on the primary two Par-5 holes, the primary and seventh, due to his wonderful strategy photographs. Cheema, trying to find his second PGTI title and trying to finish an 11-year victory drought, then had a minor hiccup with a bogey on the tenth after a few errant photographs.
The 34-year-old Angad thereafter rallied with two terrific iron photographs to go away himself brief birdie conversions on the eleventh and fifteenth. Cheema loved a powerful six-shot lead heading into the ultimate gap.
Nevertheless, a troublesome lie within the hazard on the 18th led to a double-bogey for Angad along with his lead being lowered to 3 photographs.
Cheema stated, “I used to be taking part in nicely already, so at present I simply wished to repeat what I did earlier within the week. I hit my irons and wedges nicely and that arrange most of my birdies at present. I struggled a bit with my tee photographs at present and that’s the place I’ll look to enhance in spherical 4.
“The important thing within the last spherical will likely be to maintain it in play on each gap and hit as many greens as attainable as a result of the entire golf course is difficult.”
Aman Raj continued in sole second place after making 4 birdies and a double-bogey on Friday that saved him within the hunt for his fifth title.
Kartik Sharma made an eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys in his spherical of 64, the day’s lowest rating.
Final yr’s champion N Thangaraja (66) of Sri Lanka was tied seventh at seven-under 206.
-Staff Sportstar
4 Indian golfers spend second day ready for climate to clear at Japan occasion
Indian quartet of Krishnav Chopraa, Vedant Sirohi, Kartik Singh and Rakshit Dahiya spent the entire of second day ready for the climate to clear as Japan’s Rintaro Nakano took the lead earlier than play suspended on the Asia-Pacific Novice Championship on Friday.
Chopraa (68), Sirohi (69), Singh (71) and Dahiya (75), all of whom performed within the morning slot on the primary day, have been ready until they have been instructed that may get to tee off solely on Saturday.
Nakano took a late one-stroke lead at seven-under over China’s Wenyi Ding because the second spherical was suspended resulting from darkness on Friday night at Taiheiyo Membership Gotemba.
The second spherical was delayed by six and a half hours resulting from fog and heavy rain.
“There’s little we are able to do,” stated Singh, who together with Chopraa, Sirohi and Dahiya got here to the course and did apply on the placing inexperienced.
“There’s infant can do about this. Climate stoppages and delays are a part of golf,” stated Chopraa with fun.
“We’re all used to it.” They’ll all exit early within the morning on Saturday and hope to complete their second and a few a part of third spherical.
-PTI
Modest begin for Diksha at Aramco Staff Sequence Shenzhen
It was a disappointing begin for India’s Diksha Dagar as she carded 3-over 76 to lie tied 73rd after the primary spherical of the Aramco Staff Sequence offered by PIF – Shenzhen right here on Friday.
The 2-time LET winner, Diksha, had three birdies towards six bogeys, however her teammate Moa Folke (73) had a barely higher day and was tied forty fifth.
As a group, the duo of Dagar and Folke was positioned tied thirteenth.
Celine Boutier was on high of the person leaderboard whereas Staff Marta Martin, led by Martin (71), was main the group phase.
Within the Particular person competitors, France’s Boutier had an awesome first day, firing a spherical of 66 (-7) to be high of the pile.
The Frenchwoman made a bogey on her first gap earlier than rolling in a birdie on the third and he or she dropped one other shot on the fifth.
-PTI