Coimbatore: Niveditha V Nair, studying class XII in PSBB Millenium School, Coimbatore, has bagged two gold medals in the 28th All India GV Mavalankar Shooting Championship held at Chennai, earlier this month.
Coimbatore: Niveditha V Nair, studying class XII in PSBB Millenium School, Coimbatore, has bagged two gold medals in the 28th All India GV Mavalankar Shooting Championship held at Chennai, earlier this month.
Niveditha, student member of Coimbatore Rifle Club (CRC) had participated in the 25 m sports pistol event in the junior and women categories. Niveditha clinched gold medals in both categories. She also set a new game record of 287/300 in the junior and women categories. The previous record was at 285/300 by Neeraj Kaur (women category) in the year 2016. In the junior category, it was 278/300 by Muskan in the year 2015.
"As a father, I am very happy about her achievement. She is in this sport from 2016. I want her to play for the country and make it to the top," says Saravanan, Niveditha's father who has also been coaching her.