Nupur Kumrawat and M.A. Akschadha Aiswarya dominated the 50m Rifle Prone events at the 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial shooting championship in Bhopal.
Nupur delivered a superb performance to top the women’s field with a score of 624.3. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Priya finished second with 623.9, while Maharashtra’s Bhakti Bhaskar Khamkar secured third place with 622.2. Punjab’s Anjum Moudgil was fourth with 621.7, Gujarat’s Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami placed fifth with 620.0, Kerala’s Vidarsa K Vinod finished sixth with 619.2, Gujarat’s Pallavi Suthar was seventh with 618.9, and Railways’ Ayushi Podder completed the top eight with 618.3.
Tamil Nadu’s M.A. Akschadha Aiswarya clinched the junior women’s title with an impressive score of 618.2. Punjab’s Nimrat Kaur Brar secured the silver medal with 617.7, while Madhya Pradesh’s Pratha Rathod claimed bronze with 617.6. Madhya Pradesh’s Yugeshwari Bais finished fourth with 616.6, followed by Punjab’s Pranjali in fifth with 616.3, Rajasthan’s Khushi Jadeja in sixth with 616.3, NCC’s Bhumi Sanjay Mahajan in seventh with 615.3, and Chandigarh’s Geet in eighth with 615.2.
Completing a double, M.A. Akschadha Aiswarya also topped the youth women’s event with a score of 618.2, underlining her dominance across categories. Punjab’s Nimrat Kaur Brar finished second with 617.7, while Madhya Pradesh’s Pratha Rathod secured third place with 617.6. Madhya Pradesh’s Yugeshwari Bais was fourth with 616.6, followed by Punjab’s Pranjali in fifth with 616.3, Rajasthan’s Khushi Jadeja in sixth with 616.3, NCC’s Bhumi Sanjay Mahajan in seventh with 615.3, and Chandigarh’s Geet in eighth with 615.2.
Other results: 50m rifle prone: Women: 1.Punjab (Anjum Moudgil, Nimrat Kaur Brar, Sift Kaur Samra) – 1856.10, 2. Madhya Pradesh (Nupur Kumrawat, Sunidhi Chauhan, Ashi Chouksey) – 1853.10, 3. Haryana (Swati, Nischal Singh, Kajal Saini) – 1849.10.
50m rifle prone: Master women: 1.Tejaswani Sawant (Maha) 617.9, 2. Kuheli Gangulee (West Bengal) 613.7, 3. Anjali Bhagwat (Maha) 608.2.
50m rifle prone deaf women: 1. Natasha Uday Joshi (Maha) 608.7, 2. Priyesha Deshmukh (Maharashtra) 601.0.