The 38th National Games is being organized in Uttarakhand. On Monday, the final event of the men’s 10 meter air pistol was organized where there was a big upset. The Olympic medalist Sarabjot Singh could not make a place on the podium. At the same time, 15 -year -old Jonathan Anthony Gavin of Karnataka created history by winning the gold medal.
The 10 -meter air pistol event included big names like Commive and Asian Games Gold Medalist Saurabh Chaudhary, Paris Olympic Medalist Sarabjot Singh. However, neither of the two could make a place on the podium. Saurabh Chauthi could not qualify for the final and was at number 9. Saurabh has been trying to return since Tokyo Olympics but he has not been able to get the form again.
The finals consisted of 3-3 players from Haryana and Services. Jonathan Gavin won the gold medal with a score of 240.7 here. He became the youngest champion of this event. Gavin scored a score of 99.1 in the first stage. However, after this he made a tremendous comeback in the second stage. Jonathan had earlier also won the gold medal in the National Shooting Championship. Ravinder Singh of Services managed to win the silver medal with 240.3 points. At the same time, Gurpreet Singh of Services managed to win the bronze medal with a score of 220.1.
Sarabjot Singh won the bronze medal with Manu Bhakar at the Mixed Team event at the Paris Olympics. In this final of the National Games, he had high expectations from him but he could not reach the podium. Sarabjot had to be satisfied with fourth place.
At the same time, Punjab’s shooters dominated the 50 meter three position rifle finals. Sight Kaur was a gold medalist. Samra, who won the gold medal at the Asian Games, won the score of 461.2 and won the Gold. At the same time, veteran Anjum Modgil won the silver medal with a score of 458.7. At the same time, the bronze medal was named after the security of Telangana.