Khelo India University Games: Sartaj Singh Tiwana shocks Aishwary Pratap Tomar to claim gold in men’s 50m rifle 3 position | More sports News – Times of India
BENGALURU: Sartaj Singh Tiwana came good, feasting on the loud cheer by the fans at the SAI shooting range, in the gold medal match shocking hot favourite and India No. 1 Aishwary Pratap Tomar 16-6 to climb to the top of the podium in the men’s 50m rifle 3 position event at the Khelo India University Games on Friday.
Surya Pratap Banshtu of Panjab University, Chandigarh claimed the bronze.
In the gruelling battle between two friends for the top spot, Tiwana of Lovely Professional University took an early lead 8-2 and never looked back as Tomar, competing for Guru Nanak Dev University, failed to get going in the 16-shot final that was competed in the standing position.
Tomar, a Tokyo Olympian, was a cut above the rest of the finalists till the battle between the top-2, which began from zero. At the end of the kneeling series, Tomar was leading with 103.7 points which stretched to 207.7 (after prone) and 307.1 after the standing position. He finished more than four points ahead of Tiwana going into the gold-medal shootout.
“There were expectations that I would win but I can’t win all the time. In this new format, irrespective of how good you are at kneeling and prone, if you are not doing well in standing, your score will come down. This has been happening with me for quite some time, In kneeling and prone I always lead but lose the advantage in standing. My standing scores are not good for some time now, so I will have to work on that,” Tomar, who is doing his BPEd, told TOI. “I competed at the Khelo Youth Games in Pune in 2018 and that time also I finished with the silver behind Sartaj,” he said.
Sartaj overcomes power failure distraction
There was a small interruption to the final when the power went off at the range, with Sartaj leading 6-2, but the youngster from Patiala didn’t allow the distraction to affect his momentum.
For Sartaj, who is ranked 23rd in the national ranking list, this was first big win in a national competition. “I kept my composure even after the power went off during the final and slowly it began to fall in place. The first shot was off but then it was all around the 10. This medal is a step forward in my Olympic career. These wins will add to the confidence as the main target is the Olympics.”
Asked about beating the favourite, Sartaj, who loves to shoot kneeling, said: “In shooting it’s not about beating a rival. He was shooting very well but it was just that it was not his day. In Pune, it was almost the same. I came back in the last two shots and won with a margin of 0.1 point.”
Select Results: Fencing: Men: Epee Individual: 1. Chingakham Jetlee Singh (Guru Nanak); 2. Shubham (Guru Nanak); 3. Sachin (Mysore), Rohith Soman (MG). Women: Sabre Individual: 1. Sanya (Panjab); 2. Jagmeet Kaur (Guru Nanak); 3. Husanpreet Kaur (Guru Nanak), Alka Sunni (Kannur).
Judo: Men: 73kg: 1. Harsh Tokas (Delhi); 2. Mahakpreet M (Sant Gadge Baba); 3. Gurpreet Singh (Guru Nanak) and Shauryaveer Gill (Punjab University). 81kg: 1. Deepak Mishra (Lovely); 2. Aditya Dhopaokar (Savitribai); 3. Samir Khan Pathan (Gujarat), Harshpreet Singh (Punjabi). 90kg: 1. Atul Kumar (Sant Gadge Baba); 2. Divesh (Kurukshetra); 3. Jagtar Singh (Lovely), Pradip Gaikwad (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar). Women: 57kg: 1. Jyoti (Chaudhary Devi Lal); 2. Ankita (Maharshi Dayanand); 3. Shubhangi Raut (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj), Matouleibi Huidrom Devi (Guru Nanak). 63kg: 1. Preeti (Maharshi Dayanand); 2. Unnati Sharma (Lovely); 3. Seenu (Chaudhary Bansi Lal), Shreyanshi Gauswami (Sardar Patel). 70kg: 1. Inunganbi Takhellambam (Lovely); 2. Rebina Chanam Devi (Guru Nanak); 3. Prerna Tokas (Delhi), Ritu (Maharshi Dayanand).
Shooting: Men: 10m AP: 1. Varun Tomar (Ch Charan Singh), 2. Surinder Singh (Punjabi); 3. Anmol Jain (Maharshi Dayanand). Men’s 50m 3P: Sartaj Singh Tiwana (Lovely), 2. Aishwary Tomar (Guru Nanak); 3. Surya Pratap Banshtu (Panjab).
Table Tennis: Women: Group D: Jain bt Chandigarh 3-1 (Samyuktha A bt Kritika Upadhaya 5-11,8-11,11-6,5-11; Kushi V bt Jitakhee Mazumder 11-7,11-6,11-4; Aditi Joshi bt Pooja Singh 6-11,11-4,7-11,11-8,11-9; Kushi V bt Kritika Upadhaya 11-4,14-12,11-9).
Tennis: Women: Group C: Gujarat bt Jain 2-1 (Riya Uboveja bt Serah Menezes 6-2, 6-2; Reshma Maruri bt Srinidhi Sridhar 6-1, 6-2; Srinidhi Sridhar and Riya Uboveja bt Reshma Maruri and Serah Menezes 6-3, 6-0)
Surya Pratap Banshtu of Panjab University, Chandigarh claimed the bronze.
In the gruelling battle between two friends for the top spot, Tiwana of Lovely Professional University took an early lead 8-2 and never looked back as Tomar, competing for Guru Nanak Dev University, failed to get going in the 16-shot final that was competed in the standing position.
Tomar, a Tokyo Olympian, was a cut above the rest of the finalists till the battle between the top-2, which began from zero. At the end of the kneeling series, Tomar was leading with 103.7 points which stretched to 207.7 (after prone) and 307.1 after the standing position. He finished more than four points ahead of Tiwana going into the gold-medal shootout.
“There were expectations that I would win but I can’t win all the time. In this new format, irrespective of how good you are at kneeling and prone, if you are not doing well in standing, your score will come down. This has been happening with me for quite some time, In kneeling and prone I always lead but lose the advantage in standing. My standing scores are not good for some time now, so I will have to work on that,” Tomar, who is doing his BPEd, told TOI. “I competed at the Khelo Youth Games in Pune in 2018 and that time also I finished with the silver behind Sartaj,” he said.
Sartaj overcomes power failure distraction
There was a small interruption to the final when the power went off at the range, with Sartaj leading 6-2, but the youngster from Patiala didn’t allow the distraction to affect his momentum.
For Sartaj, who is ranked 23rd in the national ranking list, this was first big win in a national competition. “I kept my composure even after the power went off during the final and slowly it began to fall in place. The first shot was off but then it was all around the 10. This medal is a step forward in my Olympic career. These wins will add to the confidence as the main target is the Olympics.”
Asked about beating the favourite, Sartaj, who loves to shoot kneeling, said: “In shooting it’s not about beating a rival. He was shooting very well but it was just that it was not his day. In Pune, it was almost the same. I came back in the last two shots and won with a margin of 0.1 point.”
Select Results: Fencing: Men: Epee Individual: 1. Chingakham Jetlee Singh (Guru Nanak); 2. Shubham (Guru Nanak); 3. Sachin (Mysore), Rohith Soman (MG). Women: Sabre Individual: 1. Sanya (Panjab); 2. Jagmeet Kaur (Guru Nanak); 3. Husanpreet Kaur (Guru Nanak), Alka Sunni (Kannur).
Judo: Men: 73kg: 1. Harsh Tokas (Delhi); 2. Mahakpreet M (Sant Gadge Baba); 3. Gurpreet Singh (Guru Nanak) and Shauryaveer Gill (Punjab University). 81kg: 1. Deepak Mishra (Lovely); 2. Aditya Dhopaokar (Savitribai); 3. Samir Khan Pathan (Gujarat), Harshpreet Singh (Punjabi). 90kg: 1. Atul Kumar (Sant Gadge Baba); 2. Divesh (Kurukshetra); 3. Jagtar Singh (Lovely), Pradip Gaikwad (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar). Women: 57kg: 1. Jyoti (Chaudhary Devi Lal); 2. Ankita (Maharshi Dayanand); 3. Shubhangi Raut (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj), Matouleibi Huidrom Devi (Guru Nanak). 63kg: 1. Preeti (Maharshi Dayanand); 2. Unnati Sharma (Lovely); 3. Seenu (Chaudhary Bansi Lal), Shreyanshi Gauswami (Sardar Patel). 70kg: 1. Inunganbi Takhellambam (Lovely); 2. Rebina Chanam Devi (Guru Nanak); 3. Prerna Tokas (Delhi), Ritu (Maharshi Dayanand).
Shooting: Men: 10m AP: 1. Varun Tomar (Ch Charan Singh), 2. Surinder Singh (Punjabi); 3. Anmol Jain (Maharshi Dayanand). Men’s 50m 3P: Sartaj Singh Tiwana (Lovely), 2. Aishwary Tomar (Guru Nanak); 3. Surya Pratap Banshtu (Panjab).
Table Tennis: Women: Group D: Jain bt Chandigarh 3-1 (Samyuktha A bt Kritika Upadhaya 5-11,8-11,11-6,5-11; Kushi V bt Jitakhee Mazumder 11-7,11-6,11-4; Aditi Joshi bt Pooja Singh 6-11,11-4,7-11,11-8,11-9; Kushi V bt Kritika Upadhaya 11-4,14-12,11-9).
Tennis: Women: Group C: Gujarat bt Jain 2-1 (Riya Uboveja bt Serah Menezes 6-2, 6-2; Reshma Maruri bt Srinidhi Sridhar 6-1, 6-2; Srinidhi Sridhar and Riya Uboveja bt Reshma Maruri and Serah Menezes 6-3, 6-0)
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