National shooting championship: Ashi dominates in 50m rifle 3 positions, betters Moudgil by 3.1 points

National shooting championship: Ashi dominates in 50m rifle 3 positions, betters Moudgil by 3.1 points

Ashi Chouksey shot 466.7 in the final to beat Olympian Anjum Moudgil by 3.1 points in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event of the 67th National shooting championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Sunday.

Ashi took the lead early and sustained it until the end of the 45-shot final, winding up with a 10.6 off the last shot to record a comprehensive victory. The rest of the field was unable to catch up with her at any stage.

Sakshi Padekar climbed to the third spot, ahead of Melvina Angeline, Shriyanka Sadangi, Bhakti Khamkar, Priya and Vanshika Shahi.

Qualification topper, Bhakti Khamkar (592) placed sixth. Asian Games gold medallist and world record holder Sift Kaur Samra shot 586 and missed the final by one point.

Anushka Thokur of Karnataka surprised the junior field as she won the gold after having qualified in the eighth place with a modest score of 580. She wound up with 460.5 in the final while beating Sakshi Padekar by 4.2 points. Nischal won the bronze ahead of junior topper Melvina Angeline (588).

Khushi, Nupur Kumrawat, Mahit Sandhu and Prachi Gaikwad were the others to make the junior final.