The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Army Sports Association clinched the top slot in the 22nd National Shooting Championship securing three gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the five-day meet concluded on Saturday at the BKSP shooting range at Savar.

Kushtia Rifles Club finished second with three gold, one silver while Dhaka Rifles Club secured third position collecting two gold, four silver and two bronzes.

Olympian shooter Sabrina Sultana of Dhaka Rifles Club and promising shooter Tripti Dutta of BKSP emerged as individual champions jointly securing two gold and one silver medal each.

Sabrina Sultana earned two gold medals in the Women's 10-meter Air Rifles and .22 Rifles Prone while Tripti Dutta won gold medals in the women's 50-meter three position and Women's 10-meter Air Rifles (junior Group) with new national record scoring 393.

Nuruddin Salim of Chittagong Rifles Club also made a national record scoring 116 in Skeet shooting.

President of Bangladesh Shooting Federation and GOC of the 9th Infantry Division Major General Mohammad Ahsabuddin distributed the prizes at a function at the National Shooting Complex at Gulshan Saturday evening.

Earlier in the last day's event, Commonwealth gold winning shooter Atiqur Rahman of Chittagong Metropolitan Shooting Club won the gold medal in his favorite Men's 10-meter Air Pistol scoring 645.8.

Meherdra Kumar Singh of Army Sports Association finished second scoring 642.8 while Mohammad Alamgir of Chittagong Rifles Club became third scoring 642.6.

In the Men's .22 Rifles three position, Nahiyan Towfique Shahriar Chowdhury of Kushtia Rifles Club won the gold medal scoring 1107 in the day's other event today.

SAF Games gold winning shooter Saiful Alam Chowdhury Rinku and Golam Shafiuddin, both from Gulshan Shooting Club, finished second and third scoring 1106 and 1101 respectively.