Kanpur shooter qualifies for national championship

Kanpur: Aviral Nigam, a local marksman, has qualified for the national pistol shooting championship scheduled to be held at Delhi and Bhopal from April 22 to May 3. According to Amar Nigam, coach of the Perfect Rifle Shooting Academy, Aviral Nigam secured 368 out of 400 points and secured his berth for the national championship. He had recently completed the coach certification course conducted by the Sports Authority of India with A+ grade. Around 200 shooters from across India had participated in this course. Amar said that seven shooters of the academy-- Siddhi Vinayak, Sangeeta Singh, Yashwardhan Tiwari, Suraj Kushwaha, Tanishq Srivastava and Darsh Chauhan had already qualified for the 28th Kumar Surendra Singh (KSS) memorial shooting championship. TNN