Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar remains at the top of the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions rankings. Ashi Chouksey leads the women’s standings.
World championship medallist Akhil Sheoran and Maharashtra’s Sakshi Sunil Padekar emerged victorious in their respective categories in the 50m rifle 3 positions during the national selection trials 4 at the Trishul Shooting Range in Dehradun on Tuesday.
The men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final witnessed thrilling finish as Akhil Sheoran of Uttar Pradesh edged Navy’s Niraj Kumar by just 0.2 points to take the top spot. Akhil finished with 358.3 while Niraj settled on 358.1. World Championship medallist Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished third with 345.4.
Olympian Chain Singh finished fourth with 333.7, followed by Nikhil Tanwar (319.0), Goldi Gurjar (309.1), Sidharth Gaur (299.1) and Adriyan Karmakar (292.5).
Aishwary had earlier topped qualification with 591-35x, ahead of Adriyan Karmakar (590-28x) and Niraj Kumar (589-41x), while Akhil Sheoran had qualified fifth with 587-30x.
In the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions final, Maharashtra’s Sakshi Sunil Padekar overcame Karnataka’s Tilottama Sen in a high-quality battle for top spot. Sakshi finished with 358.2, ahead of Tilottama who scored 357.8, while Madhya Pradesh’s Ashi Chouksey secured third with 345.5.
Kerala’s Vidarsa K. Vinod placed fourth with 334.4. Olympian Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra finished fifth and sixth with scores of 322.9 and 312.3 respectively. Army shooter Priya took seventh place with 302.7 after a shoot-off with Sift, while Haryana’s Nischal Singh ended eighth with 300.7.
Vidarsa had topped qualification with 590-33x, just ahead of Sift Kaur Samra on 590-31x, while Sakshi qualified third with 589-36x before going on to finish T4 finals on top.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar remains at the top of the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions rankings followed by Niraj Kumar and Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, while Ashi Chouksey leads the women’s standings ahead of Vidarsa K. Vinod and Tilottama Sen.
The Indian rifle and pistol squad for upcoming international events including the Asian Games and ISSF World Cup Hangzhou will be announced after the trials.
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