An eighth standard schoolboy, Ronak, who came into his own with a gold medal in the 25 metre standard pistol event for junior men on Saturday ensured he would get his second individual gold in his first nationals.

Son of ace international Ashok Pandit, Ronak said he did not consciously chase scores but felt that the national record that stood in Subhash Rana's name (543: Delhi,1998) was within his reach.

Eighteen-year-old Pemba had a total of 538 which came with round scores of 97,87,87 and 87,94,86. Amol Chauhan of Maharashtra was in third place with a total of 514.

Golden double for Bindra: Abhinav Bhindra and JaspreetDhaliwal made it a 1-2 for Punjab in the civilian men's open Air Rifle individual category. Abhinav scored 571 to take the gold while Jaspreet was seven points behind for the silver. There was a tie for the third place between Maharashtra teammates Nilesh Rane and Praveen Durve, who both totalled 557. In the last card Rane scored a 94 to Durve's 91 and hence won the bronze.

Abhinav went to win his second gold on the day in the junior open individual section with a 14-point lead at 571. Sudhir Pal (Army) took the silver with 554 and Jesal Ganjawala (Maharashtra) settled for the bronze with 553 points.Team gold for Maharashtra: Maharashtra picked up all the four team gold up for grabs on the day in air rifle men's open, civilian, junior open and junior civilian sections.

Results (finals) 10 M Air Rifle: Open Men Team: Army (1718 points) 1, CISF 2, BSF 3; Civilian Open Individual: Abhinav Bhindra (Pnb, 571 points) 1, Jaspreet Dhaliwal (Pun 2, Nilesh Rane (Mah) 3; Team: Maharashtra (Nilesh Rane 557, PraveenDurve 557, Arun Wareshi 552) 1, Punjab (1658) 2, RSCB (1626) 3; Junior open individual: Abhinav Bhindra (Pnb 571) 1, Sudhir Pal (Army) 2, Jesal Ganjawala (Mah) 3; Team: Maharashtra (Abhijit Konduskar 537, Jesal Ganjwala 553, Sameet Patel 547) 1, Army (1607) 2; Civilian: Jaspreet Dhaliwal (Pun 564) 1, Pramod Kumar Sharma (Mah) 2, Vinod Lohima (Mah) 3; Team: Maharashtra (Sameer Ambekar 503, Vinod Lohima 535, Pramod Kumar Sharma 538) 1 bt West Bengal.