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Army claims 7 Gold, 3 Silver, 7 Bronze at 27th National Shooting Championship

On the third day of the championship Army medals topped the medal table with seven gold, three silver, and seven bronze medals at 27th National Shooting Championship in Jhelum.

Pakistan Army sharpshooters produced blended lead in the 27th edition of National Shooting Championship in Jhelum.

On the third day of the championship Army stood atop at the medal table with seven gold, three silver, and seven bronze medals.

Navy settled for the second spot with six gold, seven silver, and four bronze medals. PAF bagged third position with two gold, three silver, and four bronze medals. Sindh is in 4th place with two silver medals at the end of third day.

In the individual category of 50-metre Pistol event, Gulfam, who is the third Pakistani shooter to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games, scored 554 points to claim gold medal and PAF’s Abid scored 549 points to win silver medal while bronze medal went to Kaleem Khan of PAF for scoring 546 points.

In the team category, PAF scored 1626 points to win gold and Army scored 1626 points to take silver while Navy scored 1598 points for bronze medal. In the X-ring PAF scored 27X and Army scored 22X.

The other teams that participated in the championship are ASF, WAPDA, KP, and Punjab and they have not won any medal yet.


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