Bhopal, Dec 23 Haryana’s pairing of Ramita Jindal and Himanshu Dhillon displayed a dominant performance to claim the gold medal in the 10 m air rifle mixed team event in the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions, at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal on Tuesday.
The duo defeated Maharashtra’s Arya Borse and Parth Mane 16–12 in the gold medal match to secure the title, extending Himanshu’s fine run after he set a new national record and junior national record of 634.5 in the men’s 10m air rifle event on the previous day (December 22, 2025).
In the bronze medal match, Delhi’s Rajshree Sancheti and Paarth Makhija held their nerve to claim third place with a hard-fought 17–15 victory over the Madhya Pradesh pairing of Shreya Agrawal and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar.
The junior 10m air rifle mixed team gold medal went to West Bengal, as Sandrata Roy and Abhinav Shaw delivered a composed performance to defeat Tamil Nadu’s Maneshika Tarun Senthil and Shaktivel Senthilvel 16–8 in the final. Karnataka’s Hrudya Shri Kondur and Naraen Pranav secured the bronze medal after registering a 17–9 win over the Andhra Pradesh team of Nishitha Bommidi and Ummahesh Maddineni.
In the youth category, Isha Anil Taksale and Pritam Kendre from Maharashtra emerged winners after a closely-fought contest, edging past Tamil Nadu’s Maneshika Tarun Senthil and Shaktivel Senthilvel 16–14 to claim the gold medal. The bronze medal was secured by Karnataka’s Tilottama Sen and Abishek Sekhar, who defeated West Bengal’s Sandratta Roy and Abhinav Shaw 17–9 in the bronze medal match.
The championship action now shifts to New Delhi after Christmas, with the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men finals scheduled for Friday (December 26), at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, where the first final will get underway at 2:00 PM IST.
Other Results:
10m Air Rifle Men
Senior Team
Haryana (Himanshu, Arshdeep Singh, Samarvir Singh) - Gold (1891.1)
Maharashtra (Gajanan Shahadev Khandagale, Parth Rakesh Mane, Abhishek Lahu Kamthe) - Silver (1885.7)
Karnataka (Naraen Pranav, Abishek Sekhar, Darius Saurastri) - Bronze (1885.6)
Junior Team
Haryana (Himanshu, Pranav Jindal, Talwar Singh) - Gold (1883)
Karnataka (Naraen Pranav, Abishek Sekhar, Mithun K R) - Silver (1881.6)
West Bengal (Abhinav Shaw, Ashmit Chatterjee, Baiduriya Biswas) - Bronze (1880.8)
Youth Team
Maharashtra (Himanshu, Pranav Jindal, Talwar Singh) - Gold (1882.2)
Karnataka (Naraen Pranav, Abishek Sekhar, Mithun K R) - Silver (1881.6)
West Bengal (Abhinav Shaw, Swattik Sil, Baiduriya Biswas) - Bronze (1879.5)
Sub-Youth
Pritam Kendre (Maharashtra) - Gold (627.2)
Vivin A S J (Tamil Nadu) - Silver (627)
Shreemanth S (Karnataka) - Bronze (626.9)
Deaf
Mohammed Murtaza Vania (Gujarat) - Gold (629.6)
Shourya Saini (Uttarakhand) - Silver (625.2)
Mohit Kumar Paswan (Odisha) - Bronze (622.4)
Civilian
Onkar Vikas Waghamare (Karnataka) - Gold (630.9)
Tanishq Jaiswal (Madhya Pradesh) - Silver (630.7)
Gajanan Shahadev Khandagale (Maharashtra) - Bronze (630.1)
Civilian Team
Uttar Pradesh (Priyanshu Kumar, Utsav Malik, Abhaydev Chaudhary) - Gold (1882.7)
Uttar Pradesh (Om Gupta, Harsh Surya, Piyush Sharma) - Silver (1881.4)
Haryana (Arshdeep Singh, Chirag Gautam, Talwar Singh) - Bronze (1881)
Junior Civilian
Onkar Vikas Waghamare (Karnataka) - Gold (630.9)
Divyanshu Shailendra Dewangan (Chattishgarh) - Silver (630.5)
Mohammed Murtaza Vania (Gujarat) - Bronze (629.6)
Junior Civilian Team
Uttar Pradesh (Priyanshu Kumar Aditya Verma Piyush Sharma) - Gold (1880.6)
Karnataka (Abishek Sekhar, Shishir Ambekallu, Mahesh Mithun K R) - Silver (1877)
Punjab (Arshdeep Singh, Ripudaman Singh Pnaech, Anshul Batra) - Bronze (1875.2)
Master
Man Mohan Singh (Delhi) - Gold
Sachin Pal Bhangalia (Himachal Pradesh) - Silver
Naresh Kumar (Rajasthan) - Bronze
Youth (Foreign National)
Sheersh Bhawnani (Madhya Pradesh) - Gold
Mannsidak (Haryana) - Silver
Anuj Bharadwaj (Karnataka) - Bronze.
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