Date:16/02/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/02/16/stories/2007021613762200.htm

Sport - Shooting

Annu takes gold and record too

Special Correspondent

GUWAHATI: Annu Raj Singh (Uttar Pradesh) produced a sterling show to take the 10m air pistol gold in the shooting competitions of the 33rd National Games on Thursday.

The 23-year-old also erased the existing Games record in both the competition and final series with scores of 383 and 481.8 points respectively.

The results: Men: 50m rifle three-position: 1. Sanjeev Rajput (SSCB) 1244.8 points, 2. Raj Kumar (M.P.) 1239.8, 3. Sushil Ghaley (SSCB) 1238.1. Team: 1. Services (Rajput 1151, Imran Hassan Khan 1143, Susheel Ghaley 1148) 3442, 2. Tamil Nadu (Deepak Dubey 1144, Neeraj Kumar 1132, Sudhakar Kakade 1127) 3403, 3. Rajasthan (Bhom Singh 1118, Prabhu Singh 1118, H Saleem 1115) 3351.

Women: 10m air pistol: 1. Annu Raj Singh (U.P.) 481.8, 2. Sonia Rai (HP) 480.2 , 3. Shweta Choudhary (Har) 477.0. Team: 1. Uttar Pradesh (Annu Raj 383, Sonal Ramendra 377, Sushma Singh 371) 1131, 2. Delhi (Nausheen Fatima 382, Pushpanjali 380, Balesh Devi 364) 1126.