The podium: Sonam, topper Narmada, and Rajshree.
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Narmada Nithin beat Sonam Maskar by 1.7 points for the top spot in women’s air rifle in the National shooting selection trials at the Trishul Academy in Maharana Pratap Sports College on Friday.
Rajshree Sancheti won third place ahead of Shreya Agrawal and qualification topper Mehuli Ghosh (632.2). Ayonika Paul, Dhyaneswari Patil and Vidarsa Vinod were the others to make the final.
In rapid fire pistol, Anish Bhanwala pipped Pradeep Shekhawat 30-29 for the top spot, after topping qualification with 584.
Adarsh Singh, who scored the second best in qualification with 581, was placed third ahead of Udhayveer Sidhu, Bhavesh Shekhawat and Mandeep Singh. Vijayveer Sidhu shot 568 and placed 12th.
The results: 10m air rifle: Women: 1. Narmada Nithin 253.7 (629.5); 2. Sonam Maskar 252.0 (632.1); 3. Rajshree Sancheti 230.0 (631.9).
25m rapid fire pistol: Men: 1. Anish Bhanwala 30 (584); 2. Pradeep Singh Shekhawat 29 (574); 3. Adarsh Singh 23 (581).
Published – June 27, 2025 06:39 pm IST
