Indian sports activities news wrap, July 22: Annu Rani wins javelin gold at Lebanon nationwide championship

Jul 22, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Indian sports activities news wrap, July 22: Annu Rani wins javelin gold at Lebanon nationwide championship

Get all the main updates, scores and outcomes from Indian sports activities on July 22.

GOLF

Diksha tied-Nineteenth as La Sella is lower to 3 rounds

India’s Diksha Dagar was Tied-Nineteenth after the completion of the primary spherical because the La Sella Open was lowered to 54 holes as a result of inclement climate.

Dagar shot 2-under 70 within the first spherical because the event was shortened to 3 rounds to accommodate the storm delays. Among different Indians, Amandeep Drall (73) was T-54 whereas Vani Kapoor and Ridhima Dilawari, with 74 every, had been T-69, needing strong second rounds to make the third and ultimate spherical.

The third and ultimate spherical will happen on Sunday following the lower of the highest 60 gamers and ties.

– PTI

TENNIS

Sohini wins junior ladies title

Sohini Mohanty beat Riya Sachdeva 6-1, 6-2 to win the ladies title within the AITA National collection junior tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Saturday.

Manish Yadav gained the boys title.

THE RESULTS (FINALS)

Under-18 boys: Manish Yadav bt Rian Sharma 6-2, 6-3.

Under-18 ladies: Sohini Mohanty bt Riya Sachdeva 6-1, 6-2.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

SHOOTING

Indians choose up two extra bronze medals at World Junior C’ship

The Indian squad bagged two bronze medals within the 25-metre commonplace pistol workforce occasions within the Junior World Championship in Changwon, Korea, on Saturday.

Individually, the shooters couldn’t fare higher than the ninth spot within the males’s occasion and the thirteenth place within the ladies’s competitors, which figures within the non-Olympic class.

India stays second on the medal desk with 4 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze. China is first with 12 gold, 9 silver, and 5 bronze medals.

Host Korea is respiratory down its neck with three gold, six silver, and 6 bronze medals.

In the boys’s entice, Shapath Bharadwaj (94), Bakhtyaruddin Malek (93), and Shardul Vihan (93) had been in an excellent place after 4 of the 5 rounds, staking their declare for a berth within the ultimate.

In the ladies’s entice, Aashima Ahlawat (88), Preeti Rajak (87), Bhavya Tripathi (87), and Sabeera Haris (86) have an affordable likelihood, supplied they shoot sturdy within the fifth and ultimate spherical of qualification.

THE RESULTS
25m commonplace pistol

Junior males: 1. Hong Sukjin (Kor) 578; 2. Nikita Chiryukin (Kaz) 572; 3. Wang Shiwen (Chn) 571; 9. Unish Holinder 563; 15. Randeep Singh 557; 16. Ankait Tomar 557; 21. Akshay Kumar 551.

Team: 1. China 1683, 2. Korea 1679; 3. India (Unish Holinder, Randeep Singh, Akshay Kumar) 1671.

Junior ladies: 1. Wu Shushan (Chn) 566; 2. Kim Minseo (Kor) 559; 3. Won Chaeeun (Kor) 556; 13. Yashita Shokeen 539; 15. Aditi Sejwal 536; 20. Kritika Sharma 521; 21. Prarthana Khanna 518; 22. Tiyana Phogat 516; 24. Akshita Soni 510.

Team: 1. Korea 1665; 2. China 1649; 3. India 1573.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

ATHLETICS

Lebanon nationwide championship: Kishore Jena, Annu Rani win javelin throw gold

Indian javelin throwers dominated the Lebanon nationwide championship held in Beirut on Friday.

Kishore Jena, who threw 78.96m, gained gold within the males’s occasion and was adopted by his compatriot Shivpal, who gained silver with a throw of 73.34m.

Annu Rani (55.32m) gained gold within the ladies’s occasion.

– Team Sportstar