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.
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.
