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Indian shooters win 16 medals at Hungarian Open

By IANS

New Delhi : Indian shooters have won 16 medals, including seven gold medals, at the Hungarian Open.

The haul included six silver and three bronze medals, according to website indianshooting.com.

Ace shooters P.T Raghunath and Samaresh Jung turned in the best performance. Raghunath won gold medals in both the men’s air rifle matches with scores of 698.5 points (594+104.5) and 692.8 (591+101.8) while Jung won a gold in the first match with a score of 680.2 (580+100.2) and shot 670.5 (574+96.5) to win the silver in the second match of the men’s air pistol event.

In the senior category, Suma Shirur won the gold in the second match of the women’s air rifle with 499.0 (396+103.0) while Heena Sidhu bagged the gold in women’s air pistol event with 481.4 (383+98.4).