Mandrem, Goa, November 14: Thane’s Pravin Mishra took the lead in the men’s 10m Air Pistol event on the second day of the 41st Maharashtra State Shooting Championship. After the qualifying round, Pravin and Pune’s Swaraj Landge were tied on 568 points, and both lead the junior and youth categories.
Pravin competes in the men’s, junior and youth categories at the Yash Shooting Hub range. In the men’s event, Rupesh Koli of Kolhapur (561) and Aditya Pawar of Satara (559) are next.
Women’s air pistol
Kolhapur’s Gauri Salakhe leads the junior and youth women’s categories with 564. Aditi Jadhav of Satara (561) and Ilina Pawar of Mumbai (558) are close behind. In the women’s category, Sheetal Desai of Satara leads with 569 and Aditi is second.
50m Rifle Prone
Kolhapur’s Savita Sapale leads the women’s event with 617.9. Her city-mate Riddhi Kothawale (616.5) and Ratnagiri’s Maitreyi Salvi (616.0) are still in contention. In the men’s event, Kolhapur’s Dnyaneshwar Patil leads with 616.7, ahead of Gaurav Desale of Mumbai (612.9), Pune’s Atharva Angre (612.3) and Indrajeet Mohite of Kolhapur (612).
The championship
The championship is being held outside Maharashtra for the first time. It began on Friday with the pistol events and runs for about eight days, ending on 19 November. The 10m Air Pistol event drew nearly 850 entries, and it and 10m Air Rifle have attracted the most. Shooters from almost every district of Maharashtra are taking part, and the 25m and 50m ranges have also opened for competition.
Not every shooter has finished in every event, so the standings could change. Competition for places in the state team is expected to be tough.
Earlier: the championship moves to Goa with about 1,311 shooters.