Swapnil, Prachi star in National Shooting Championship

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 14 2015 | 8:22 PM IST
Rising rifle star Swapnil Kusale and Prachi Gadkari hogged the limelight on the penultimate day of the 59th National Shooting Championship by winning the Junior Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions and Junior Women's 10M Air Rifle events, respectively.
Swapnil, who represents Railways, also won the civilian section of the same event, while qualifying along with the likes of Olympic medallist Gagan Narang and Rio qualifier Chain Singh for the Men's Final of the competition.
Maharashtra's Prachi bagged the silver in the civilian Women's 10m Air Rifle and also qualified for the Women's 10m Air Rifle Final.
Both these finals are slated to be held tomorrow at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.
At the JDA Shooting Range in Jaipur, where the Shotgun leg of the Nationals are being held, another Rio qualifier Mairaj Ahmad Khan led the Uttar Pradesh side to the Men's Skeet team gold.
The individual finals are slated for tomorrow.
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First Published: Dec 14 2015 | 8:22 PM IST

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