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Shotgun Sodhi finally provides golden touch to shooters` show
S S Ramaswamy
Guangzhou, Nov 21 (PTI) World record holder shotgun
shooter Ronjan Sodhi finally provided the golden touch to
Indian marksmen's campaign when he won the men's double trap
individual event here Sunday.
Sodhi clinched the top honours with a score of 186 after
being second behind China's Pan Qiang at the end of the
qualification stage Sunday.
The 31-year-old Asian champion, part of the silver
winning squad in the same event four years ago at Doha in
Qatar, also reeled in the team bronze for India with his
stupendous effort at the Guangzhou Shotgun Centre.
Sodhi shot 139 (47, 44 and 48) and was four shots behind
China's Qiang going into the finals competed by six men and
shot 47 in the final while the host nation shooter flopped
with a 38 for an overall tally of 181.
Al Maktoum Shaikh of UAE, who shot 138 in the
qualification, also fell behind the Indian when shooting for
the gold and could score only 44 for a final tally of 182 that
fetched him a silver medal.
In the shoot-off for third place among Hamad Ali Al Marri
of Qatar, Fehaid Aldehani of Kuwait and Qiang, the Qatari
shooter prevailed to win the bronze with 181.
This was the first gold from the much-heralded shooting
squad after they started competing on November 13 and it was
also the eighth medal hauled in by the marksmen and women who
have so far won one gold, three silver and four bronze medals.
Sodhi, whose best this year has been 195 that he made in
the World Cup in Italy, and is the joint holder of the world
record of 196, said the medal round was tension-packed.
"The final was very, very close. In the final, it's a
different ball game. People start missing and that happened
(today)," he said.
Arjuna awardee (2009) Sodhi, who started shooting eight
years ago, said the weather conditions made things difficult
for the trap shooters Sunday.
"Double trap in Asia is difficult. It was tough today due
to the weather conditions. In the final, people were dropping
a lot of targets," added the two-time World Cup champion. MORE
PTI
Guangzhou, Nov 21 (PTI) World record holder shotgun
shooter Ronjan Sodhi finally provided the golden touch to
Indian marksmen's campaign when he won the men's double trap
individual event here Sunday.
Sodhi clinched the top honours with a score of 186 after
being second behind China's Pan Qiang at the end of the
qualification stage Sunday.
The 31-year-old Asian champion, part of the silver
winning squad in the same event four years ago at Doha in
Qatar, also reeled in the team bronze for India with his
stupendous effort at the Guangzhou Shotgun Centre.
Sodhi shot 139 (47, 44 and 48) and was four shots behind
China's Qiang going into the finals competed by six men and
shot 47 in the final while the host nation shooter flopped
with a 38 for an overall tally of 181.
Al Maktoum Shaikh of UAE, who shot 138 in the
qualification, also fell behind the Indian when shooting for
the gold and could score only 44 for a final tally of 182 that
fetched him a silver medal.
In the shoot-off for third place among Hamad Ali Al Marri
of Qatar, Fehaid Aldehani of Kuwait and Qiang, the Qatari
shooter prevailed to win the bronze with 181.
This was the first gold from the much-heralded shooting
squad after they started competing on November 13 and it was
also the eighth medal hauled in by the marksmen and women who
have so far won one gold, three silver and four bronze medals.
Sodhi, whose best this year has been 195 that he made in
the World Cup in Italy, and is the joint holder of the world
record of 196, said the medal round was tension-packed.
"The final was very, very close. In the final, it's a
different ball game. People start missing and that happened
(today)," he said.
Arjuna awardee (2009) Sodhi, who started shooting eight
years ago, said the weather conditions made things difficult
for the trap shooters Sunday.
"Double trap in Asia is difficult. It was tough today due
to the weather conditions. In the final, people were dropping
a lot of targets," added the two-time World Cup champion. MORE
PTI
