Indian shooter Shagun Chowdhary bagged a national championship crown by winning women's trap event at the 61st National Shooting Championship.
- Shagun is the first Indian woman trap shooter to win an Olympic berth
- She defeated Punjab's Rajeshwari Kumari to prevail 41-38 in the final.
- The third place was secured by Shreyasi Singh who was representing Bihar
- N Nivetha of Tamil Nadu won the Junior Women's title in the same event shooting 37.
- Shefali Rajak of Madhya Pradesh secured the second spot while Delhi's Soumya Gupta came in third.
What is trapshooting?
- It is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.
- The other two disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays.
- In trap shooting, the targets are launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter.
- In skeet shooting, targets are launched from two "houses" in somewhat "sideways" paths that intersect in front of the shooter.
- Sporting clays include a more complex course, with many launch points.
