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Haryana’s Ketan Malik triumphed over a competitive field, including Paris Olympic double medallist Manu Bhaker and Asian Games champion Palak Gulia, to win the Women’s 10m Air Pistol (APW) event at the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Thursday.
Ketan clinched the gold with a score of 240.0, surpassing Meenu Pathak of Delhi, who took silver with 238.4, and Surbhi Rao, who secured bronze with 219.5. In the Junior Women’s category, Vanshika Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh emerged victorious, narrowly defeating Anjali Shekhawat by 0.2 points for gold, while Palak Gulia claimed bronze. The Army Marksmanship Unit’s Lakshita Bishnoi won the youth title by a slim 0.6 margin over
Rashmika Sahgal, with Sanskriti Bana completing the podium.
The final followed an extensive qualification phase where over 900 shooters competed across 39 relays. Palak Gulia led the qualification with 582-24x, closely followed by Manu Bhaker, who also shot 582 but finished second on inner-10 count with 19x. Ketan qualified third with 581-16x, while Mohini Singh (580-19x), Anjali Shekhawat (579-22x), Surbhi Rao (579-22x), Anjali Choudhary (579-19x), and Meenu Pathak (579-14x) completed the list of finalists.
In the final, Manu Bhaker finished seventh with 137.2, Anjali Choudhary came in eighth with 110.1, Mohini Singh ended fourth with 197.9, and Anjali Shekhawat placed sixth with 157.5.
In the Junior APW final, Vanshika Chaudhary shot 240.5 to claim the gold medal. Anjali Shekhawat closely followed, securing silver just 0.2 points behind, while Palak Gulia earned bronze with 218.0. Payal Khatri finished fourth with 195.8, followed by Lakshita Bishnoi (177.7). Ketan Malik placed sixth with 156.1, while Mohini Singh (131.8) and Rashmika Sahgal (117.2) completed the final lineup.
Palak Gulia also topped the junior qualification, followed by Ketan Malik, Mohini Singh, and Anjali Shekhawat. Vanshika Chaudhary qualified fifth with 578-18x, slightly ahead of Payal Khatri, who also shot 578 but finished sixth on inner-10 count. Lakshita Bishnoi (577-21x) qualified seventh, while Rashmika Sahgal (577-18x) secured the final qualifying spot.
In the Youth APW final, Lakshita Bishnoi clinched the gold medal by narrowly defeating Rashmika Sahgal by 0.6 points after a closely contested final. Rashmika, who had led until the 22nd shot, settled for silver, while Sanskriti Bana secured bronze with 218.5. Suruchi Singh finished fourth with 197.9, while youth qualification topper Priyanshi Purva (581-23x) finished fifth in the final with 177.6, followed by Aaradhya Mishra (156.5), Janvi Vidhyadhar Manatkar (135.2), and Sneha (110.5).
In the Senior APW team event, Haryana won the gold medal with an aggregate score of 1735, led by Palak Gulia, Suruchi (577–17x), and Rhythm Sangwan (576–7x). Delhi finished second with 1725-48x, anchored by Meenu Pathak, Rashmika Sahgal, and Parisha Gupta (569–16x), while the Army Marksmanship Unit secured bronze with 1723-57x through Lakshita Bishnoi, Himanshi (573-18x), and Sejal Raju Kamble (573-18x).
Haryana also topped the standings in the Junior Women’s Team event, winning gold with 1734-61x through Palak Gulia, Suruchi, and Muskan (575–20x). The Army Marksmanship Unit claimed silver with 1723-57x, while Rajasthan secured bronze with 1719-45x, led by Mohini Singh, Anjali Shekhawat, and Shikha Chaudhary (560-4x).
In the Youth (Sub-Junior) Women’s Team event, Delhi emerged winners with 1715-42x, followed by Haryana with 1712-44x, while Rajasthan completed the podium with 1712-42x.
The 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team events are scheduled to take place at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range on Friday.
