Punjab junior shooters help India win 4 medals at Asian meet

Almaty (Kazakhstan)

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The Indian shotgun squad picked up four medals including two individual bronze by Abhay Singh and Parinaaz Dhaliwal of Patiala in the junior men’s and women’s skeet competition of the IX Asian Shotgun Championship. India also clinched two silver medals in the men’s and women’s team events. Abhay won the bronze in the men’s skeet competition after reaching the final with a qualification round of 114. Parinaaz shot 39 in the final to finish behind the Chinese gold and silver winners Yashu Sun and Yikai Li, respectively, in the women’s skeet event. Patiala’s Asees Chhina finished fourth to miss out on a medal. The silver winning men’s team comprised of Ayush Rudraraju and Gurnihal Singh Garcha of Ludhiana besides Abhay while the women’s trio included Darshna Rathore in addition to Parinaaz and Asees.

Bengaluru

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Chandigarh 

J&K lose Vijay Hazare opener by two wickets

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Dhaka

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Doha

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Harrogate (England)

USA’s Dygert crushes Dutch duo to win time trial gold

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London

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