Ramital, Himanshu claim 10m air rifle mixed team gold at NSCC

Bhopal: Haryana’s pairing of Ramita Jindal and Himanshu Dhillon displayed a dominant performance to claim the gold medal in the 10 m air rifle mixed team event in the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions, at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal on Tuesday.

The duo defeated Maharashtra’s Arya Borse and Parth Mane 16–12 in the gold medal match to secure the title, extending Himanshu’s fine run after he set a new national record and junior national record of 634.5 in the men’s 10m air rifle event on the previous day (December 22, 2025).

In the bronze medal match, Delhi’s Rajshree Sancheti and Paarth Makhija held their nerve to claim third place with a hard-fought 17–15 victory over the Madhya Pradesh pairing of Shreya Agrawal and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar.

The junior 10m air rifle mixed team gold medal went to West Bengal, as Sandrata Roy and Abhinav Shaw delivered a composed performance to defeat Tamil Nadu’s Maneshika Tarun Senthil and Shaktivel Senthilvel 16–8 in the final. Karnataka’s Hrudya Shri Kondur and Naraen Pranav secured the bronze medal after registering a 17–9 win over the Andhra Pradesh team of Nishitha Bommidi and Ummahesh Maddineni.

In the youth category, Isha Anil Taksale and Pritam Kendre from Maharashtra emerged winners after a closely-fought contest, edging past Tamil Nadu’s Maneshika Tarun Senthil and Shaktivel Senthilvel 16–14 to claim the gold medal. The bronze medal was secured by Karnataka’s Tilottama Sen and Abishek Sekhar, who defeated West Bengal’s Sandratta Roy and Abhinav Shaw 17–9 in the bronze medal match. (ANI)

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