Khelo India Shooting Updates: Rushiraj and Rudraksh win Rifle event


Khelo India Shooting Updates: Rushiraj and Rudraksh win Rifle event

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Shooting events began today at the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games held in Guwahati.

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The qualifications and finals of the Men’s 10m Air Rifle event were held today, in both U-21 and U-17 age categories.

In the U-21 event, Rushiraj Jadeja of Gujarat won the Gold with a score of 249.4, beating the local boy and World Junior Champion Hriday Hazarika and Youth Olympics Silver medallist Shahu Tushar Mane who won Silver and Bronze respectively.

Earlier Paarth Makhija of Delhi had topped the qualifications with an excellent score of 630.6. The cut off for the final was 618.8.

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In U-17, Rudraksh Patil of Maharashtra won the Gold after shooting 252.4 in the finals. Keval Prajapati of Gujarat won the Silver and Manvendra Shekhawat of Rajasthan won Bronze. Rudraksh also topped the qualifications after scoring 627.2. The eight placed shooter scored 622.