Indian Sports Roundup, October 1: Mane leads air rifle domination with double gold at ISSF Junior World Championships

FILMING

Mané leads air rifle domination with double gold as India advances at Junior Worlds in Lima

Parth Mane crowned himself world junior champion by winning the air rifle gold medal beating China’s Huang Liwanlin by 0.7 points at the world junior shooting championship in Lima, Peru.

Parth, trailing before the final shot after the Chinese had shot a perfect 10.9 to move ahead, fired a final shot of 10.6 to secure the gold medal, with the Chinese shooting 9, 6.

Parth, along with Ajay Malik and Abhinav Shaw, who also reached the final, won the team gold medal for India.

All three Indian women also reached the final, but could not win an individual medal. However, Gautami Bhanot, Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Anushka Thokur won the team gold in a world record. Gautami lost the race for an individual medal by 0.2 points.

India topped the medal table with five golds and three bronzes. China finished second with two gold medals and one silver.

In junior women’s skeet, Mansi Raghuwanshi did well by shooting 109, despite an 18 in the fourth round, but missed the final by one point. She placed eighth.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

Ramkumar to face Shevchenko in Shanghai Masters first round

Davis Cup player Ramkumar Ramanathan will face Kazakhstan’s Alexander Shevchenko in the first round of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament on October 3.

Ramkumar, who has been competing in the doubles circuit for the past few weeks, won two rounds of the singles qualifying event to enter the main draw of the mega-event.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Sirohi and Krishnav ready to take on CAA challenge in Japan

Four Indians will participate in the 2024 edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, with three of them trying their luck for the second consecutive year in the event, which offers a great reward for amateur golfers.

Krishnav Nikhil Chopraa, who played college golf in the United States, will return for a second consecutive year alongside Vedant Sirohi and Junior Presidents Cup International team member Kartik Singh.

Rakshit Dahiya, who has enjoyed quite a bit of success on the local Indian Golf Union circuit, is the only debutant in the four-member team.

Kartik, 14, was brimming with confidence after flying straight from Canada, where he played in the Junior Presidents Cup and scored 1.5 points in threes, losing in the four-ball, winning the foursomes and tying the singles.

“I played in the United States, but the Junior Presidents Cup and the Junior Players before that were amazing, and it was a great experience,” said Kartik, who won the Singapore Juniors and finished third among Junior Players.

Krishnav, son of former Indian cricketer Nikhil Chopraa, said: “Last year, my game was not at its best, but this time the game is looking good. » Established in 2009, the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is the result of the creation of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the R&A and the Masters Tournament aimed at developing amateur golf in the Asia-Pacific region. Peaceful.

The champion will receive an invitation to participate in the 2025 Masters Tournament and the 153rd Open, while the runners-up will earn a place in the final qualifiers for the Open.

-PTI

Vizag Open: Veer Ahlawat and Manu Gandas to lead Indian challenge

Leading Indian professionals Dhruv Sheoran (2nd left) and Shaurya Binu (2nd right) pose with the Vizag Open golf championship trophy along with other officials. | Photo credit: Special arrangement

The second edition of the Vizag Open will be held at the East Point Golf Club (EPGC) here from October 2 to 5 with a total prize pool of Rs 1 crore.

Leading Indian professionals participating in the event include TATA Steel PGTI leader Veer Ahlawat, Manu Gandas, Olympian Udayan Mane, Rahil Gangjee, Aman Raj, Shaurya Binu, Dhruv Sheoran and Shankar Das, to name a few a few.

The main foreign participants in the event are the defending champion N. Thangaraja from Sri Lanka, another Sri Lankan K Prabagaran, Czech Stepan Danek, Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain, Badal Hossain, Md Akbar Hossain, Andorran Kevin Esteve Rigaill , the Nepalese Subash Tamang, the Canadian Sukhraj. Singh Gill, the South Korean Si In Kim, the Japanese Makoto Iwasaki and the American Dominic Piccirillo.

The local challenge will be led by professionals S Muthu and Rahman Mehboob Shorif and amateurs Bharath Kollapudi and G Durga Prasad.

For his part, Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO of PGTI, said he was delighted to return to East Point Golf Club for the second edition of the much-anticipated championship.

-Team Sportstar

BASKETBALL

Champion Ernakulam made good start in Kerala State Senior Basketball Championship

Defending champion Ernakulam-men got off to a good start, dismissing Idukki 73-50, in the 68th Kerala State Senior Basketball Championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.

Kottayam’s Noyal Jose attempts a basket against Pathanamthitta during the Kerala State Senior Basketball Championship in Kochi on Tuesday. | Photo credit: Special arrangement

Muhammed Shiras was the top scorer for Ernakulam with 18 points.

Meanwhile, Thiruvananthapuram me-, last year’s runners-up and packed with KSEB stars, beat Kozhikode 97-55 while Kottayam beat Pathanamthitta 61-57.

In the women’s section, Kozhikode registered a 110-24 victory over Kasaragod while Thrissur defeated Kollam 76-35.

-Stan Ryan