Olympian Manu Bhaker reigns supreme in 10m pistol finals

Olympian Manu Bhaker staged a remarkable comeback to win the 10m Pistol Women's final at the National Selection Trials T3 in Delhi. Despite qualifying last, she dominated from the second series onwards, finishing with 246.1 points.

Hyderabad: Olympian Manu Bhaker topped the finals of the 10m Pistol Women’s event in the National Selection Trials T3 (Group A) which concluded today at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi.

Trial two winner Sainyam finished second, while Esha Singh secured the third spot in the eight-woman final.

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Manu, who squeezed into the finals as the last qualifier, maintained her lead in the final from the end of the second series to finish on top with a final score of 246.1, which was a comfortable 4.2 points more than World Cup Final silver medallist Sainyam, who finished with a score of 241.9. Asian Championship gold and World Championship bronze medallist Esha Singh finished third with a score of 220.6.

Asian Games champion Palak Gulia finished in fourth after a score of 200.2 followed by Anjali Choudhary who hit 179.8. Surbhi Rao finished in sixth place with a score of 158.2 followed by Deaflympics medallist Pranjali Prashant Dhumal and Muskan who scored 138.7 and 117.0, completing the top eight.

Esha had qualified for the final in top spot with a score of 580-21x followed by Surbhi Rao who shot 578-12x. Muskan qualified in third place after scoring 577-15x followed by Anjali Choudhary (575-19x), Sainyam (575-16x), Palak (574-14x) and Manu (574-11x).

The national squad athletes will now start the coaching camp which will be held at New Delhi from tomorrow (March 11) to March 21.