Sainyam and Gaurav Kumar clinch 10m Air Pistol Trial 2 titles

Sainyam of Chandigarh and Gaurav Kumar of Uttar Pradesh won the women’s and men’s 10m Air Pistol Trial 2 finals at the National Selection Trials in New Delhi. Rhythm Sangwan and Yogesh Kumar finished second, while Meenu Pathak and Harsh Swami took third

New Delhi: Sainyam of Chandigarh and Gaurav Kumar of Uttar Pradesh came out on top in the women’s and men’s 10m Air Pistol Trial 2 finals, respectively, as the National Selection Trials 1 & 2 concluded at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

World Cup Final silver medallist Sainyam continued her fine run of form, finishing on top in the finals with a dominant score of 243.1, 5.4 points ahead of Rhythm Sangwan, who finished second on 237.7. Meenu Pathak once again finished in the top three with 218.5 points.

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In qualification, Suruchi Singh topped with an impressive 587-31x but ended eighth in the finals. Palak shot 579-16x to finish second in qualification and scored 178.2 in the finals to take fifth place.

The experienced Shwetha Singh took third spot in qualification with 578-18x and later finished sixth in the finals. Meenu Pathak shot 577-12x in qualification, while Priya Muralidhar hit 576-16x. Rhythm Sangwan and Sainyam scored 576-15x and 576-13x, while Divya TS completed the top eight with 575-19x.

Gaurav Kumar improved on his second-place finish in Trial 1, clinching the top spot in Trial 2 after a tightly contested final. Gaurav, who qualified third with 584-21x, shot 245.5 in the finals to finish ahead of Yogesh Kumar, who scored 244.6 after qualifying fifth with 583-25x.

Harsh Swami of Uttar Pradesh took third place with 221.9 after qualifying second with 585-26x.

In qualification, Army’s Ajendra Singh Chauhan shot an impressive 588-21x to top the list. Udhayveer Singh of Punjab (583-26x), Kamaljeet Choudhary of Haryana (583-20x), Olympic medallist Sarabjot Singh (582-23x) and Army’s Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve (581-28x) completed the top eight.