Army snatch first shooting gold

Published January 5, 2004

KARACHI, Jan 4: Army snatched the first gold to end Navy's monopoly on the second day of 10th National Shooting Championship at the Naval Range on Sunday.

Army's trio of Mustaqeem Shah, Afsar Khan and Maj. M.U. Hasan mustered 1693/1800 to capture the Rapid-fire team gold. S.A.Noor came from behind to grab the gold in Olympic Trap with 129/150.

Nazish Khan of Navy set a new mark in winning the gold medal in Air Rifle 493.2/509 beating the previous record by point one margin. Air Pistol and Rifle prone will be held on Monday.

Following are the results:

Trap (individual) 1. Cdr. S.A.Noor (Navy) 129/150 2. Usman Sadiq (Sindh) 126/150 3. Capt. Mahmood Sultan (Sindh) 126/150 Pistol (Rapid-fire) 1. Kashif Riaz (Navy) 668/709 2. Mustaqeem Shah (Army) 667.9/709 3. Afsar Khan (Army) 666.9/709 Team event: 1. Army 1693/1800 2. Navy 1674/1800 3. PAF 1517/1800 Pistol (Rapid-fire women individual) 1. Nazish Khan (Navy) 493.2/509 2. Nadia Saeed (Navy) 483/509 3. Urooaj Fatima (Navy) 470.6/509-APP

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