Patna: In the 8th East Zone Shooting Championship held in Asansol, Bihar shooting team secured an impressive tally of 9 gold, 6 silver, and 5 bronze medals.
Among the notable performances:
- Preeti Kumari clinched gold in the 50m Free Pistol Women event.
- Divya Jha earned silver in the 25m Sports Pistol Junior category.
- Simi Kumari bagged bronze in the 10m Air Pistol Women, alongside silver medals in both the Youth and Sub Youth categories.
- Shagun Gupta won bronze.
- Balwinder Singh captured gold and bronze in the .22 Open Sight Prong.
Additional achievements included:
- Vikas Kumar took home bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Men Masters.
- Varun Veer Singh secured gold in the 25m Sports Pistol Men Junior.
- Ashok Kumar garnered silver in the 50m Pistol Masters and gold in the 25m Pistol Masters.
- Ajay Kumar earned silver in the 50m Pistol and gold in the 10m Air Pistol Men.
- Shivashu Singh won gold in both the 25m Center Fire Men and the 25m Standard Pistol Men Junior.
- Gaurav Bharti claimed silver.
- Danish Khan won gold in the 25m Center Fire Masters.
- Ashish Kumar achieved gold in the 10m Air Pistol Sub Youth.
- Aditya Vishwanath secured a bronze medal.
This outstanding performance highlights Bihar’s rising prowess in the shooting arena.
