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Saurabh Chaudhary wins 10m air pistol gold in National Shooting Championship

Chaudhary had also won the yellow metal in the Asian Games.

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Published : Jan 4, 2020, 9:00 PM IST

Published : Jan 4, 2020, 9:00 PM IST

Saurabh Chaudhary
Saurabh Chaudhary

Bhopal: Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary on Saturday bagged the gold medal in 10m air pistol/rifle event at the 63rd National Shooting Championship.

Chaudhary, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, shot 246.4 while second-placed Sarabjot Singh of Haryana registered a score of 243.9.

Saurabh Chaudhary



Chaudhary had also won the yellow metal in the Asian Games.

World-number two Abhishek Verma had to settle for a bronze medal in the finals.

Abhishek and Sarabjot combined to win the team gold in the event for Haryana.

Youngsters Sarabjot also won the junior men's gold. Haryana and Uttar Pradesh picked up a clutch of golds.

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