Punjab pair wins mixed team pistol title at shooting nationals

NEW DELHI: The Punjab pairing of

Arjun Singh Cheema

and

Arshdeep

clinched the

10m air pistol mixed team

title at the ongoing 64th

Shooting Nationals

on Monday.


The duo overcame Uttar Pradesh's Saurabh Chaudhary and

Devanshi

's spirited challenge in the gold medal match to register a narrow 17-15 win at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

The duo of Saurabh and Devanshi had to be satisfied with yet another silver in the junior event, this time going down to Haryana's Sarabjot Singh and Rhythm Sangwan by a 8-16 margin.

The youth section gold in the event also went to Haryana when Shiva and Shikha beat the Maharashtra pair of Tejas Dhere and Vardihi by a 16-2 margin.