Mumbai Mumbai. Indian Navy's Kiran Ankush Jadhav defeated Paris Olympics bronze medalist Swapnil Kusale and another Olympian Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar to win the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) title at the 67th National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC) here on Wednesday. .Jadhav scored 465.8 points in the final, surpassing her home state's Aishwarya Pratap (463.1) Madhya Pradesh State Academy of Shooting Ranked second in the range.
Railways' Swapnil led in the 45-shot final till the 40th shot, but finished third before the final gold-deciding shot with a score of 451.8. Earlier, Swapnil had topped the qualification with a world-class score of 593, leading to Aishwarya remained one point behind in second place. Jadhav had qualified fourth with 590. After leading every stage of the final, Swapnil could not reach the 10-ring after his 40th shot. His last four shots in the final standings were 9.2, 9.4, 8.9 and 9.5, ending his title hopes. Jadhav was in third place till the 40-shot stage, after which he shot 10.6, 10.4, 10.6, 10.0 and 10.8. Won gold medal with the series.
Home favorite Aishwarya's score of 9.9 on the 41st shot meant she could not take advantage of Swapnil's slip and remained in second place. In the junior final, West Bengal's Adrian Karmakar, son of Olympian Jaideep Karmakar, defeated Madhya Pradesh's Kushagra Singh. Rajawat was easily defeated with a score of 462.0, a full four points ahead of the local boy. Deependra Singh Shekhawat of Rajasthan stood third with a score of 445.6. Adrian had qualified for the finals in third place with a score of 586, while Haryana's Rohit Kanyan, who had made both the finals, topped the qualification with a score of 587.
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