Chauhan grabs three golds

Punjab8217;s TS Dhillon bagged the silver, the bronze went to Shyam Bali of Maharashtra in the mens8217; event. In the team event, Maharashtra squad comprising Bali, Gani Shaikh and Amol Chauhan picked up gold with UP8217;s Ramendra Sharma, Anunay Yadav and Anshumali Diwedi taking the silver.

In the junior rapid fire event, Amol Chauhan8217;s record score was 551 erasing Ronak Pandit8217;s 543. The silver and bronze went to Pandit and Pemba Tamang.

Navy8217;s Mukesh Kumar, tiding over last year8217;s disappointment, took gold with 661.9 on the fourth day of the National Shooting Champinshipshere.

Pipped in the rapid fire by Jaspal Rana in 8217;98, Mukesh made amends. 8220;Last year, I scored 659.2 and was almost sure of a bronze. But Jaspal 659.3 showed me the door with his impeccable shooting skills. This is a day of joy for me. Not only has my hard work paid off, I have won my maiden National gold after six years of efforts,8221; he said.

Leadings men: Rapid fire pistol: Amol Chauhan Mah 551, Ronak Pandit Mah 550, Pemba Tamang Army 546. Rapid fire pistol civilan junior: Alok Singh IA 514, Anshuman Dwivedi up 481. 25m rapid fire pistol: 1 Amol Chauhan Mah 551, T S Dhillon Pun 531, Shyam Bal Mah 531. Team events rapid fire: Army 1681 Dhayan, Ajab, Bhanwar, BSF 1666 Poonam, Mohinder, Manju, CISF 1647 Jaspal, Subhash, Amit. Rapid fire juniors: Maharashtra 1573 Amol, Abdul, Ronak, Army 1525 Gurung, Tamang, Thapa, CISF 1444 Kamal, Anubhav, Pawan.