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Manu Bhaker and Simranpreet Kaur Brar strike gold in women’s 25m sports pistol at NSCC

New Delhi, Dec 15(UNI) Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker and ISSF World Cup Final Cairo 2025 gold medalist Simranpreet Kaur Brar delivered top-class performances, here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, winning the gold medals in the senior and junior women’s 25m sports pistol events respectively at the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC).
Manu shot 36 in the final to secure the gold, finishing four hits clear of Divya T.S. of Karnataka, who took silver with 32. Anjali Choudhary claimed the bronze medal after hitting 28 targets. Rhythm Sangwan (22) finished fourth, followed by Arshdeep Kaur (18), Annu Raj Singh (14) and Anuja Verma (11) in fifth, sixth and seventh positions respectively, while Parisha Gupta did not start in the final.
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