14-year-old Niyamicka Rana and para shooter Adiba Ali’s shine in national shooting

Niyamicka has won a total of three medals including one gold medal, while Adiba has brought laurels to Delhi by winning two gold medals

Niyamicka Rana with her medals at the podium.

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi: Delhi’s talented women shooters have performed brilliantly well in the pistol events of the 67th National Shooting Championship at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range. competition. In the pistol events Delhi’s women shooters have won a total of 15 medals including 4 gold.

Especially, 14-year-old shooter Niyamicka Rana and Delhi’s para pistol shooter Adiba Ali have attracted everyone’s attention. Niyamicka has won a total of three medals including one gold medal, while Adiba has brought laurels to Delhi by winning two gold medals.

Delhi State Rifle Association Chairman Jaspal Rana has congratulated the medal winners of the team, and has also expressed hope for an even better performance next year. Jaspal Rana said that “in the last few years, the interest in shooting among girls of Delhi has increased a lot.”

In the tough competition of 10 meter air pistol sub youth women national individual event, Delhi’s Niyamicka Rana won the gold medal with a score of 573 points, while Haryana’s Kanak got the silver medal with 572 points and West Bengal’s Antara Don had to settle for the bronze medal with the same score. Niyamicka Rana also won the gold medal in the 50 meter pistol junior women civilian event, while she won the silver medal in the 10 meter pistol junior women civilian event.

Para shooter Adiba Ali with her medals.

In para shooting events, Delhi’s 20-year-old shooter Adiba Ali has won two gold medals. Adiba won the gold medal with 467 points in the 50 meter pistol (IPC) championship mixed (SH1) junior event, Haryana’s Ashish Sharma won the silver medal with a score of 449 points, while Delhi’s Bhakti Sharma scored 443 and won the bronze medal. Adiba Ali also performed brilliantly in the 10 meter air pistol (IPC) championship junior women (SH1) event and won the gold medal with a score of 538 points. In the 10 meter air pistol (IPC) championship women (SH1), Pooja Agarwal of Delhi won the silver medal.

Delhi’s women shooters made their presence felt in the masters category competitions. Jyoti Rawat won the silver medal with a score of 531 in the 10 meter pistol senior master women’s event, Pushpa Meghwal of Rajasthan won the gold medal with 538 points, while Maharashtra’s veteran shooter Sheela Kanungo had to settle for the bronze medal with 527 points. In the 25 meter pistol master women’s event, Delhi’s Balesh Devi won the silver medal with a score of 550, Telangana’s Malbika Barua (558) won the gold medal, while Tamil Nadu’s P. Sophia Loren (539) won the bronze medal.

Parisha Gupta, Naamya Kapoor and Tanisha Dabodia of Delhi won the bronze medal in the 25 meter pistol junior women’s national team event. Nayasha Rana, Khushi Kapoor and Lavanya Chopra also won the bronze medal in the civilian women’s team event of this event. Nayasha Rana, Khushi Kapoor and Lavanya Chopra also won the silver medal in the 25 meter pistol junior women’s civilian team event.

In the 10 meter pistol junior women’s civilian team event, Rashmika Sehgal, Tanisha Dabodia and Saina Bharwani won the silver medal for Delhi, while in the 10 meter pistol women’s civilian team event, the team of Meenu Pathak, Tanisha Dabodia and Saina Bharwani won the bronze medal.