Samarjeet Ingale, Anika Musale win two titles each in state shotgun trap championship

Samarjeet Ingale and Anika Musale dominated the trap event of the Maharashtra State Shotgun Shooting Championship, each winning titles in two categories. The competition was held at the shotgun shooting range of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Sports Complex at Balewadi-Mhalunge.

In the main category, Yashwant Shinde won the men's gold and Rajkunwar Ingale the women's gold. In the Masters category, the gold was settled by a shoot-off, which Ravinder Singh Dhami won.

Samarjeet Ingale finished first in both the youth and junior men's categories. In the youth category he led the other shooters by more than 20 points. In the junior category too, his winning margin was at least 10 points. He scored 113 in both categories. In youth men, Vihang Shinde was second with 88 and Harsimran Singh Dhami third with 84. In junior men, Ranveer Shinde was second with 101 and Vihang Shinde third with 88.

Among women, Anika Musale won gold in both the youth and junior categories. Smita Sawant was her closest rival in both. Anika scored 87 to Smita's 78, a margin of nine points. In youth women, Arya Patil was third with 64, and in junior women Jaskiran Kaur Dhami was third with 71.

In the men's main category, Yashwant Shinde lifted his game in the last round and beat Abhishek Patil by three points. Yashwant scored 112 and Abhishek 109. Prithviraj Ingale was third with 108. In the women's main category, Rajkunwar Ingale held to the end the lead she built from the start. She scored 110. Aishwarya Andalkar Patil was second with 102 and Alayna Paul third with 93.

The five-round trap event saw close contests in every category. All three medals in the Masters men's category were decided by shoot-offs. After the opening rounds, Bhushan Musale and Ravinder Singh Dhami were level on 102 each. In the deciding shoot-off, Ravinder Singh won 2-1 to take gold, and Bhushan finished second. Earlier, in the bronze medal contest, Abhijit Deshmukh beat Krishna Dabhade 1-0. Abhijit is from Nagpur and scored 93.

The prize distribution for the event will be held on Wednesday at 2 pm. It will be presented by Ashok Pandit, president of the Maharashtra shooting association, and Sheela Kanungo, its secretary. The skeet events will begin afterwards.