National Selection trials: Harveen Srao on top

Harveen Srao topped women’s air pistol, 0.1 point ahead of qualification topper Shweta Singh in the fourth set of shooting National selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.

Published : Apr 13, 2018 19:18 IST

Harveen Srao registered a score of 237.7 to top the women's air pistol event by 0.1.

Harveen Srao topped women’s air pistol, 0.1 point ahead of qualification topper Shweta Singh in the fourth set of shooting National selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.

World junior champion Yashaswini Deswal was pushed to the third place, ahead of Deepika Patel, Shri Nivetha and Devvanshi Rana.

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In men’s rifle 3-position event, World University champion and World Cup gold medallist, Akhil Sheoran topped three points ahead of Swapnil Kusale.

In women’s rifle 3-position event, Shreya Saksena topped both in qualification and final, ahead of World Cup silver medallist Lajja Gauswami and Gaayathri Nithyanandam who had topped the earlier trial.

The results: Men: 10m air pistol: 1. Hemendra Singh Kushwaha 240.9 (578); 2. Gurpreet Singh 239.1 (576); 3. Abhishek Verma 219.9 (581). 25m standard pistol: 1. Samaresh Jung 579; 2. Vijayveer Sidhu 575; 3. Gurpreet Singh 572. 50m rifle 3-position: 1. Akhil Sheoran 457.7 (1165); 2. Swapnil Kusale 454.7(1163); 3. Satyendra Singh 442.6 (1153). 50m rifle prone: 1. Arun Sharma 623.8; 2. Sushil Ghaley 619.2; 3. Parul Kumar 617.1. Women: 10m air pistol: 1. Harveen Srao 237.7 (568); 2. Shweta Singh 237.6 (576); 3. Yashaswini Singh Deswal 213.0 (573). 25m sports pistol: 1. Rahi Sarnobat 37 (581); 2. Anisa Sayyed 34 (580); 3. Neeraj Kaur 27 (576). 50m rifle 3-position: 1. Shreya Saksena 454.1 (1163); 2. Lajja Gauswami 453.6 (1152); 3. Gaayathri Nithaynandam 444.1 (1152). 50m rifle prone: 1. Gaayathri Nithyanandam 619.3; 2. Chahat Deep Kaur 615.9; 3. KC Hema 615.0.