Divya T.S. beat Sanskriti Bana 16-14 to clinch the women’s air pistol gold in the 65th National shooting championship that concluded at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Monday.

• It was a dominant performance by the 27-year-old Divya as she topped the second stage with 254.2, ahead of a string of top shooters like Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker. 
• Qualification topper Manu (583), who had earlier won the sports pistol gold, did win the junior air pistol gold by beating Esha Singh 17-13. Rhythm won the youth gold, beating Sanskriti Bana 16-12. 
• In centre fire pistol, Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar won the gold with a score of 583, ahead of Anish Bhanwala, Gurpreet Singh and Vijayveer Sidhu.