Guron wins gold; Heena, Annuraj vye for top prize in pistol

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 6:57 AM IST

Guron shot 120 + 25 in the qualifiers and finals respectively, to clinch the gold medal, and he was followed by Punjab's Smit Singh (119 + 25) and A D Peoples (120 + 24) of Army.

In the women's air pistol event, Sidhu was leading the with 383, followed by Annuraj and Shreya Gawande of Maharashtra, who was placed third with 381.

On the first day of the men's rapid fire pistol event, Harpreet Singh of Navy was leading with 290, and he was followed by Gurpreet Singh (289) of Army and Maharashtra's Akshay Ashtaputre (288).

The finals of the above two events will be conducted tomorrow.

In the skeet junior event, Abbas Ansari of Punjab won the gold with 114. Karanvir Singh Sekhon of Punjab bagged the silver with 109 while the bronze went to Rajasthan's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka who shot 108.

  

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First Published: Dec 29 2012 | 6:45 PM IST

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