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The Hindu
26-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Tejaswani shoots sports pistol gold
Tejaswani defeated Alina Nestsiarovich 31-29 for the 25m sports pistol gold in the Junior World Cup shooting in Suhl, Germany, on Monday. Tejaswani had qualified with a modest 575, the fourth best score. In fact, qualification topper Zhao Taotao (589) was placed fifth as Miriam Jako of Hungary and Yen-Ching Cheng of Chinese Taipei rose to third and fourth respectively. Tejaswani's gold put India on top of the table with three gold, four silver and four bronze. China was second with three gold and a bronze. In mixed trap, Bhavya Tripathi and Vinay Pratap Chandrawat shot 133 and placed sixth. The other Indian team of Sabeera Haris and Zuhair Khan shot 126 for the 15th spot. The results: 25m sports pistol: Junior women: 1. Tejaswani 31 (575); 2. Alina Nestsiarovich (AIN) 29 (574); 3. Miriam Jako (Hun) 23 (573); 15. Riya Thatte 569; 18. Naamya Kapoor 568; 24. Divanshi 564. Trap: Junior men: 1. Fabrizio Fisichella (Ita) 42 (123); 2. Thomas Betts (GBR) 40 (119); 3. Toni Gudejlj (Cro) 32 (119); 29. Vinay Pratap Chandrawat 113; 34. Arjun 113; 38. Yugan Muthukumaar 112; 48. Zuhair Khan 109.
The Hindu
25-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Shambhavi Kshirsagar, Ojasvi Thakur dominate air rifle
Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Ojasvi Thakur asserted India's dominance in air rifle by winning the gold and silver in the Junior World Cup shooting in Suhl, Germany. Ojasvi had topped qualification in junior women's section with an impressive 633.2 points, 0.1 point ahead of Shambhavi, who eventually captured the gold with a 1.2 point margin over her compatriot, with a 10.8 last shot. India's efforts were further enhanced in the mixed team event of air rifle on Sunday (May 25, 2025). Naraen Pranav and Khyaty Chaudhary were beaten to the gold 16-14 by China, while the other Indian pair of Shambhavi and Himanshu bagged the bronze by beating the USA 17-9. Mukesh Nelavalli added to India's medal collection by winning the bronze in junior men's rapid fire pistol event. In junior women's trap, Sabeera Haris (109), Bhavya Tripathi (108), Shreshtha Sisodiya (108) missed the cut at 111 for the final. India was second on the medals table with two gold, four silver and four bronze, behind China, which had three gold and one bronze. France was in the third place with two gold medals, while five other countries had at least one gold medal each. The results: 10m air rifle: Junior women: 1. Shambhavi Kshirsagar 253.0 (633.1); 2. Ojasvi Thakur 251.8 (633.2); 3. Carlotta Salafia (Ita) 230.5 (632.3); 17. Isha Taksale 628.8; 35. Khyaty Chaudhary 626.6; 57. Mayuri Pawar 622.7 10m air rifle mixed team: 1. China (Huant Yuting, Huang Liwanlin) 16 (632.6); 2. India-2 (Naraen Pranav, Khyaty Chaudhary) 14 (631.0); 3. India (Shambhavi Kshirsagar, Himanshu) 17 (629.6); 4. USA (Elijah Spencer, Griffin Lake) 9 (630.6). 25m rapid fire pistol: Junior men: 1. Thomas Chinours (Fra) 26(6) 577; 2. Wiktor Kopiwoda (Pol) 26(4) 575; 3. Mukesh Nelavalli 22 (573); 14. Sameer Ghulia 570; 15. Abhinav Choudhary 567; 32. Sagnik Banerjee 531.
BBC News
19-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
England thrash Scotland to set up Grand Slam-decider
Women's Six NationsEngland (42) 59Tries: Clifford, Packer, Aldcroft, MacDonald 2, Ward, Davies, Dow 2 Cons: Aitchison 7Scotland (0) 7Try: Thomson Con: Nelson England scored nine tries to hammer Scotland in Leicester and set up a Women's Six Nations Grand Slam-decider with France at Allianz Stadium next victory extends the Red Roses' winning run to 24 games before a home Rugby World Cup that starts in Kelsey Clifford grabbed the first of six first-half tries, with John Mitchell's side in complete control of the fixture right from the opening Marlie Packer was next to cross, followed by captain Zoe Aldcroft, wing Claudia MacDonald and lock Abbie Atkin-Davies's try ensured a 42-0 lead at half-time, a vastly improved margin from last Saturday's win in Ireland, when John Mitchell's side only led 7-5 at the of the match MacDonald raced clear down the wing for her second try early in the second half, before Lisa Thomson finally got Scotland on the board with a try from a rolling Abby Dow capped off the scoring, in front of a crowd of 15,530, with a brilliant solo try, before a simple finish in the Red Roses are chasing a fourth successive Grand Slam and a seventh Six Nations title in a to follow. Line-ups England: Kildunne; Dow, Jones, Shekells, MacDonald; Aitchison, L Packer; Clifford, Atkin-Davies, Bern, Galligan, Ward, Aldcroft (capt), M Packer, Campbell, Botterman, Muir, Talling, Matthews, Hunt, Rowland, Rollie; Lloyd, Orr, Thomson, McGhie; Nelson (capt), Mattison; Young, Skeldon, Clarke, Bonar, Boyd, Gallagher, McLachlan, Martin, Bartlett, Poolman, Ferrie, Bell, Clarke, Phillips Clara Munarini (Ita)TMO: Matteo Liperini (Ita)
