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Fourth in qualification, gold in final: Lakshay wins men’s trap at Digvijay Singh Championship
Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran beat Fahd Sultan 47-45 for the gold in men’s trap in the third Digvijay Singh shotgun championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Thursday.
It was a commendable fare from Lakshay after he came fourth in qualification. Suleman Elahi won the bronze ahead of Arjun, Olympian Prithviraj Tondaiman and Arshad Khan.
In women’s trap, Neeru pipped Kirti Gupta 45-44 for the gold. Olympian Rajeshwari Kumari won the bronze ahead of qualification topper Preeti Rajak (119). National championship silver medallist Sabeera Haris beat Pragati Dubey to the fifth spot.
Sabeera won the junior silver after being beaten in the shoot-off 2-1 by Shreshtha Sisodiya.
The results
Trap: Men: 1. Lakshay Sheoran 47 (120); 2. Fahd Sultan 45 (121); 3. Suleman Elahi 34 (121).
Juniors: 1. Vinay Pratap Singh 43 (119); 2. Yugan 42 (114); 3. Udhav Singh Rathore 33 (119).
Women: 1. Neeru (45), 2. Kirti Gupta 44 (115); 3. Rajeshwari Kumari 34 (114).
Junior women: 1. Shreshtha Sisodiya 41(2) 108; 2. Sabeera Haris 41(1) 114; 3. Addya Katyal 29 (110)
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Content Source: sportstar.thehindu.com