NATIONAL SHOOTING | Raiza Dhillon and Bhavtegh Singh Gill take the lead

Raiza Dhillon, led the women’s field in skeet in the National shooting championship in Delhi on Sunday.
| Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan

Razia Dhillon was in top form as she shot 74 to lead the women’s field on the first day of skeet competition in the 67th National shooting at the Dr. Karni Singh Range on Sunday.

The 20-year-old Razia, who had won the Asian championship silver medal while clinching her Olympic quota in January this year, shot rounds of 25, 25 and 24 to take a four-point lead over World Cup medallist Ganemat Sekhon.

Zahra Deesawala and Shivani Raikwar were in third place with 68 after three rounds, one point ahead of Darshna Rathore, Karttiki Shaktawat, Vanshika Tiwari and Yashasvi Rathore.

Olympian Maheshwari Chauhan, who had placed fourth with Anantjeet Singh Naruka in mixed skeet in the Paris Games, had a tough time with rounds of 23, 18 and 20, as she slipped to the 19th spot with a total of 61.

World University championship gold medallist, Bhavtegh Singh Gill shot 74 in the men’s field of 58 shooters. The 21-year-old Bhavtegh shot 25, 24 and 25. He was followed one point behind by Divyaraj Singh, Fatehbir Singh Shergill, Rituraj Bundela, Munek Battula and Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan.

Olympian Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Smit Singh, Arjun Thakur and Zorawar Singh Bedi shot 72.

Asian Games silver medallist Anantjeet Singh Naruka had rounds of 24, 23 and 24 for a total of 71, the same as Amrinder Singh Cheema, Man Singh and Abahy Singh Sekhon.

Two more rounds will be shot on Monday, and all the finals, including the ones for juniors will be held on Tuesday.