Ashok Pandit breaks Commonwealth record

MUMBAI, December 22: Veteran international Ashok Pandit stole the thunder at the four-day XIV Maharashtra State Shooting Championship at th...

MUMBAI, December 22: Veteran international Ashok Pandit stole the thunder at the four-day XIV Maharashtra State Shooting Championship at the Municipal Rifle Range, Worli.

He won all five events breaking the Commonwealth Games record at Auckland of 583/600 with a score of 584 in the Centre Fire Pistol event. Vishwajeet Shinde scored a record breaking double, improving on the National Games mark of 570/600 in the Air Rifle event with 571 and the Free Rifle three position with a score of 1110/1200. He held the previous best of 1106.

RESULTS: Free Rifle: 1. Vishwajeet

Shinde 1110/1200; 2. Abhijit Bhattacharya; 3.Nilesh Rane; Free Rifle Prone: Men: 1. Sanjay Patil 575/600, 2. Vishwajeet Shinde, 3. Abhijit Bhattacharya Junior: 1. Abhijit Konduskar 547/600.

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Air Rifle, Men: 1. Vishwajeet Shinde 571/600 – New Record, 2. Chetan Deshmukh, 3. Abhijit Konduskar .

Junior: 1 Abhijit Konduskar 550/600, 2 Chaturvedi, Arun Wareshi.Women: 1. Anuja Tere 388/400 – two points above the National Record, 2. Anjali Vedpathak, Suma Dixit; Women Junior: 1. Ashwini Tawde 360/400, 2. Neelam Thorat, Chitra Parasnis; CentreFire Pistol: 1. Ashok Pandit 584/600 – New Record, 2. Pradeep Kumar, 3. Shyam Bali; Free Pistol: 1. Ashok Pandit 531/600, 2. Hemant Jadhav, Free Pistol: 1. Ashok Pandit 531/600, 2. Hemant Jadhav 515/600, Raj Khalid 511/600; Women: 1. Sheila Kanungo 371/400, 2. Harvinder Kaur ,3. Nisreen Arsiwala;Air Pistol, Men: 1. Ashok Pandit 568/600, 2. Resham Thakur, 3. Pradeep Kumar; Women: 1. Sheila Kanungo 371/400, 2. Harvinder Kaur, Nisreen Arsiwala;Standard Pistol: 1. Ashok Pandit 361/600, 2. Resham Thakur, Shyam Bali; Rapid Fire: 1. Ashok Pandit 542/600, 2 GA Shaikh, 3.Amol Chauhan Parasnis 342/400.