Wednesday 13 June 2018

Devanshi Rana wins Gold Medal in South Delhi Open Shooting


NEW DELHI : 13 JUNE । Famous Shooter and Indian junior team's coach Jaspal Rana's daughter Devanshi Rana won a Gold medal in 10 meter pistol event of 2nd South Delhi District Open Shooting Competition. The South Delhi District Rifle Association (SDDRA), conducted the 2 nd South Delhi District Open Shooting Competition 2018 in Air Pistol & Air Rifle events at the Siri Fort Sports Complex on 26th May 2018 and 9th June 2018. The 2-day long competitions saw participation by 163 enthusiastic shooters – the youngest being 8 years old and the eldest 62 years.

The Chief Guest on the occasion was Shri Asif Ali, IPS, Dy Commissioner of Police (Licensing), Delhi Police. Insp. Azam Khan, SHO of Jamia Police Station and a renowned international level shotgun shooter also graced the occasion. They also gave away the medals to the winners. According to Shri Anupam Kamal, President of SDDRA, the uniqueness of this competition was that even children from economically weaker sections (EWS) participated through the NGO ISHWAR. Also, a special category of Under-12 boys and girls was created, where children could participate in the competition in sitting or standing position. 

As per Shri Nishant Mangla, General Secretary of SDDRA, the Gold Medal winners were: Vinay (Para category); Divij Belwal; Shaurya Sarin; Anmol Arora; Tanjeet Singh; Anupam Kamal; Dr Deepak Jain (Veteran category); Rishabh Mavi; Siddharth Mavi; Harpreet Singh; Mirza Mohd. Mustafa; Khushi Kapoor; Mahima Singh; Devanshi Rana; Lovleen Kaur; Pooja Agarwal (Para category); Aadya Mall; Simran Kaur; Bhanu Priya; Kaushal Singh; Viraj Singh; Diya Phogaat. 
The Silver Medal winners were: Agneya Kaushik; Dhruv Rawat; Abhijeet Chaudhary; Ravi Mathur; RK Sisodia; Satvik Kapoor; Aman Aryan Roach; Ojasvi Sangwan; Aishwary
Chatterjee; Harleen Kaur; Surabhi Chhikara; Aarzoo Saifi; Samina; Shreya Jain; Ekaksh Grover; Daksh Jamwal; Prarthana Khanna. 

The Bronze Medal Winners were: Aditya Verma; Yash Jaggi; Naveen Singh Panwar; Mohan Singh; Ishwinder Jit Singh; Pratyush Aman Barik; Deepak Kumar Saini; Diya Phogaat; Nishtha Sharma; Aditi Sehrawat; Shipra Singh; Jahnvi Madan; Videh Jain; Naamya Kapoor. The award ceremony concluded with the vote of thanks by Shri Abhijeet Singh, Vice President, SDDRA. 

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