Indian Railways second in international shooting event

Calcutta News.Net
Thursday 2nd September, 2010

The Indian Railways have bagged the second position in an international shooting event held in Krakow, Poland from Aug 23 to Aug 27, an official statement said Thursday.

A leading partner in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, Indian Railways secured 8345 points out of 9000 in the USIC (Union of International Railways) International Shooting Championship, securing second berth, said a railway ministry statement.

While Indian Railways lost the first position to their French counterpart merely by 7 points, they beat Germany to the third place by 20 points, the statement added.

The Indian Railways team comprised 12 players besides one coach, one manager along with chef-de-mission.

While the Indian Railways team won gold in three events out of five - Air Rifle 10M, Air Pistol 10M and .22 Rifle 3-Position 50M, they ranked 8th in the remaining two - .22 Pistol 25M and .22 Rifle Prone 50M.

In the individual category, two Indian Railways' players ranked first - Anuja Jung in air rifle and Vishwajeet Shinde in rifle 3-position. Two others stood 3rd - Ashok Karande in Air Rifle and Yogesh Sudake in Air Pistol.

In the last USIC championship held at Zurich in Switzerland, 2006, Indian Railways had ranked 5th.

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