In Shooting, Riya Shirish Thatte of Aurangabad clinched the gold medal in the women’s 25m pistol final of the 67th National Shooting Championship Competitions in New Delhi yesterday.

She defeated Punjab’s Simranpreet Kaur Brar 7-2 in a shoot-off after both had tied at 31 hits in the eight series of five-shots decider. This is Riya’s first senior national title. Olympian and former Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat was third with 25 hits.

The shotgun and pistol competitions of the National Shooting Championship are being held in New Delhi, while Bhopal is holding the rifle nationals.