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Hindustan Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Bhavtegh gets into final contention alongside Mairaj, Ganemat at Lonato WC
Lonato , Bhavtegh Singh Gill fired two perfect rounds of 25 to bring himself into finals contention alongside senior pro Mairaj Ahmad Khan after both finished with identical scores of 98, following four qualifying rounds of the men's skeet competition at the ISSF World Cup here. Bhavtegh gets into final contention alongside Mairaj, Ganemat at Lonato WC In women's skeet, Ganemat Sekhon also remained in strong contention with rounds of 24 each, giving her a tally of 96 and the eighth spot provisionally. Ganemat began her qualifying rounds at the Trap Concaverde on Monday, in 10th spot overnight. She missed one target each in the two rounds scheduled, to rise up to eighth at the end of day two. However, she is tied on the same score with a group of six contenders, including Sweden's Victoria Larsson, who is holding the sixth and final qualifying spot at the moment. Two other Indians in the fray, Olympians Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon, shot rounds of 22, 25 and 24, 24 to end in 27th and 28th spots with tallies of 96 and 93 respectively. USA's Dania Jo Vizzi leads the field with a score of 98. In men's skeet, Bhavtegh was flawless to register three 25-rounds out of four so far and grabbed the 12th spot provisionally. Olympian Mairaj produced a similar effort from day one to take the 15th position in the field of 176. Four men have fired perfect 100s till now and six have missed just one target so far. Bhavtegh and Mairaj find themselves in a pack of 16 with a tally of 98 and the fight for the top six on Tuesday is sure to be intense. Paris Olympian Anant Jeet Singh Naruka looked out of contention at this stage with a tally of 95. The final qualifying round will play out on Tuesday ahead of the both the women's and men's final. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
India Gazette
24-05-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Ganemat Sekhon top Second Shotgun National Trials
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon finished on top in the skeet finals of the Second Shotgun National Trials, held at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. Mairaj shot 55 in the finals, edging out Paris Olympian Anantjeet Singh Naruka, who shot 54, by a single shot. Ganemat also secured victory by a one-shot margin, finishing with 53 ahead of Maheshwari Chauhan's 52. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Parinaaz Dhaliwal finished third in the men's and women's categories, respectively. In the final two rounds of qualification, Bhavtegh Singh Gill shot 22 and 24 to add to his 73 from yesterday, qualifying in first place. Mairaj totaled 118, while Smit Singh with 117, Angad with 116, and Anantjeet with 115 completed the top six qualifiers. In the women's category, Ganemat topped the qualification round with 114 shots, followed closely by Maheshwari with 113. Parinaaz also shot 113, while Oshmi Shrivas, Darshana Rathore, and Mansi Raghuwanshi rounded out the top six with scores of 108, 107 (SO-3), and 107 (SO-2), respectively. A separate selection trial was not conducted for junior athletes; as a result, Oshmi and Mansi were also placed first and second in the junior category with the same scores. Agrima Kanwar placed third with a score of 104. In the Men's Junior category, Yuvaan finished on top with a score of 110, while Yashwardhan Singh Rajawat and Anjaneya Singh Mandawa finished second and third with scores of 108 and 106, respectively. The Selection Committee will consider the scores from the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, for junior athletes participating in that event, as Selection Trials 2 coincides with it. Scores of such shooters will not be marked as 'zero.'(ANI)
