National shooting selection trials: Shri Nivetha tops in 10-metre air pistol

The qualification score of 571 may not help her fight for a place in the national team, but Shri Nivetha was able to sharpen her efficiency in the final as she topped the women’s 10-metre air pistol in the fourth National shooting selection trials on Thursday.

Shri Nivetha topped with 243.0 as she recovered from a slow start to beat qualification topper Shweta Singh (580) by 3.3 points.

Yashaswini Singh Deswal was placed third, ahead of Annu Raj Singh, Harveen Srao, Ruchi Singh, Sweta Devi and Harshada Nithave.

Harshada topped the juniors, while Neeshu Khokher topped in the youth event. National women’s, junior and youth champion, 14-year-old Esha Singh, was placed fifth among the youth with 552.

Gurpreet Singh topped in standard pistol ahead of Ankur Goel, Harpreet Singh, Amanpreet Singh, Arpit Goel and Deepak Sharma.

In men’s 50-metre rifle prone, Ram Swaroop of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) topped with 623.7, half-a-point ahead of Swapnil Kusale of the Railways.

Leading shooters like Sanjeev Rajput (619.6) and Chain Singh (619.0) were placed sixth and seventh respectively.