9-year-old shoots her way to championship event, loves gymnastics too

Bengaluru | Thursday | 20th June, 2019

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Ashim Sunam ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: Mahaniya Venkatesha loves gymnastics and got hooked into the sport when she was four. She won a gold medal in the pre-state in a 10-metre open sight air rifle shooting in Bengaluru recently. With the shooting competition coming up soon, she trains at the Hawkeye Rifle Shooting Academy for one-and-half hours in the morning. However, there is no guarantee that Venkatesha will take up shooting as she loves gymnastics too. Despite coming from a good family, choosing a sport like shooting is expensive with the equipment being extremely costly..