Top shooter Mehuli Ghosh of Bengal clinched a gold in the women’s 10m air rifle event in an impressive show even as Maharashtra crossed the double century medal mark to consolidate its top position in the National Games here on Tuesday.
Mehuli, one of the 13 shooters who have so far bagged 2024 Paris Olympics quota place for India, shot an impressive 253.7 to take the top spot. Haryana’s Nancy Mandhotra (251.0) won the silver while Bengal’s Swati Chowdhury won the bronze.
Punjab’s Rajeshwari Kumari shot a perfect 50 in two rounds to lead the women’s trap event.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra continued to be in the top spot in the medal standings. Their 200th medal came in the triathlon mixed relay at Miramar Beach when women’s individual winner Mansi Mohite covered a deficit of almost two minutes in the anchor leg to help her team get the better of defending champions Tamil Nadu with a time of 1:51.19 seconds.
PTI
