All over the podium: Bharuch boy wins gold, silver & bronze

BHARUCH: In perhaps a first of its kind feat, 13-year-old Manavrajsinh Rajendrasinh Chudasama clinched gold, silver as well as bronze medals in different categories of the 40th Gujarat State Shotgun Shooting Championships 2021. The meet was held at the Crowne shooting Sports Academy, Valad, Gandhinagar.
The Bharuch shooter finished on the top of the podium in the Double Trap team event of the junior men’s category. Manavrajsinh also clinched a silver medal in the Double Trap individual event of the junior men’s category.He then left his mark by securing third place finish in the Double Trap individual event of the senior men’s category.
With his sterling performance, Manavrajsinh, son of Bharuch superintendent of police Rajendrasinh Chudasama, has made the cut for the All India G V Mavlankar shooting competition slated to be held at Patiala in October this year. Manavrajsinh has qualified for the Double and Single Trap events.
At 12 years and 9 months, he was the youngest among the 150 shooters vying for top honours at the state championship. The passion for shooting runs in the family as Manavrajsinh’s mother, Vandana too is a national-level shooter.
Vandana — who has won more than 15 medals at District, State, and West Zone level — will be representing Gujarat in the forthcoming National Shooting Championship to be held at New Delhi. She will be participating in the Trap, Double Trap shotgun events.
In 2019 too she had participated in the Single and Double Trap events of the National Shooting Championship. Vandana achieved the badge of ‘renowned shooter’ by achieving the MQS (Minimum Qualifying Score) set by NRAI (National Rifle Association of India).