Nagaland bagged 12 medals (5 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze) at the just concluded XI North East Zone Shooting Championship 2024 organized by the Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy, Khelo India Centre, Dimapur at Aries Sports Complex Shooting Ranges, Bamunpukhuri-I from September 25 to October 1, 2024.
A total of 369 shooters, 245 men and 124 women from the six north eastern states—Assam (144), Arunachal Pradesh (4), Manipur (73), Meghalaya (52), Mizoram (28), Nagaland (37), Assam Rifle Marksmanship Unit –25 and Army Marksmanship Unit- 6—participated in the championship, which was conducted by the Nagaland Rifle Association under the aegis of National Rifle Association of India.
In a press release, Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy president Merang Jamir informed that Assam was adjudged the overall champion with 31 gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze followed by Manipur with 14 gold, 18 silver and 19 bronze; Mizoram 11 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze; Meghalaya 6 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze;
State players who won the medals included Echenlemla Aier —10m Air Rifle Sub Youth Women Individual (Gold); Echenlemla Aier-10m Air Rifle Youth Women Individual (Gold), Kimatsung Jamir -10m Air Rifle Men Individual (Silver), Wapangnungla Longkumer- 10m Air Rifle Women Individual (Silver), Chizou Sorhienuo-10m Air Rifle Senior Master Women Individual (Gold), Vikuo Metha-10m Air Pistol Master Men Individual (Bronze), Lanu Rongsenkaba Jamir-25m Standard Pistol Master Men Individual (Silver), Kimatsung Jamir- 50m Rifle 3 Position Men Individual (Silver), Kimatsung Jamir–50m Rifle Peep Sight Prone ISSF(Gold), M Tiatemjen Jamir-50m Rifle Peep Sight Prone Men Individual (Bronze), Lanu Akumtoshi Jamir-50m Rifle 3 Position Master Men Individual (Gold) and Lanu Akumtoshi Jamir-50m Rifle Peep Sight Prone Master Men Individual (Silver).