5 shotguns, 5 improvised local grenades, and three cartons of shotgun ammunition were recovered during the check. Three persons were apprehended, said officials.
Darshna Rathore was the best Indian on show as teammate Ganemat Sekhon shot 69 to be placed ninth among contenders currently and Maheshwari Chauhan was lying further back, having shot 67
The tournament in Almaty is the penultimate stage of the ISSF World Cup for shotgun shooters. The final stage will take place in Lonato, Italy, before the ISSF World Championships in Doha in November.
Prithviraj Tondaiman, who won his first-ever individual medal at the Doha World Cup earlier in the year, shot a perfect 25 in the fifth and final qualification round on Thursday to total 119 after five rounds. That took him to a four-way shoot-off for three remaining top eight spots, but he
Paris 2024 Olympics quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta was best placed with a four-round score of 94, giving him the 11th spot currently among medal contenders. His senior mate Prithviraj Tondaiman was at 13th spot with the same score, while Rajeshwari in the women's trap, shot 88 over two da
Mairaj Khan, who won his fifth senior ISSF medal on the day, was in brilliant form in the 30-team qualification round shooting 74/75 to help the Indian duo shoot a combined 143 out of 150. That helped them reach the title decider in the top position after they won a shoot-off with the Mexica
Four-time Olympian Manavjit Singh Sandhu, drew on all his experience to win the men's trap competition in the T3 Shotgun National Selection Trials. India's most recent ISSF World Cup gold medal winner Sarabjot Singh of Haryana, clinched the men's 10m air pistol T4 trial. At the same time, st
Gurjoat Singh Khangura was being trailed by Rajasthan's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, who missed two targets in round two to finish the day with 73. Joint finals world record holder Angad Vir Singh Bajwa was lying third with 72 after missing one target in each of the three rounds.