Former World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu.
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Former World Champion and six-time Asian champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu climbed on top of a 61-strong discipline in males’s lure within the third National shotgun choice trials on the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.
The 46-year-old Manavjit beat Lakshjeet Singh Sindhu 29-25 for the top spot, after having shot 119, the third finest rating in qualification.
“The Asian Games is a big motivation for me. I have been slowly getting back into the sport and want to have another crack at it”, mentioned Manavjit who has competed within the final six Asian Games, and had received a silver medal in Doha in 2006.
Olympian Kynan Chenai positioned third, whereas Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta positioned fifth. Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran topped qualification with 121, however completed seventh.
Among different outstanding shooters, Prithviraj Tondaiman was sixteenth with 116, whereas Vivaan Kapoor was thirtieth with 111.
In ladies’s lure, Rajeshwari Kumari beat Manisha Keer 30-27 for the top spot, after a modest qualification rating of 111.
The outcomes:
Trap:
Men: 1. Manavjit Singh Sandhu 29 (21) 119); 2. Lakshjeet Singh Sindhu 25 (20) 118); 3. Kynan Chenai 20 (22) 118; 4. Rayyan Rizvi 12 (22) 118
Junior males: 1. Bakhtyaruddin Malek 117; 2. Shardul Vihan 116; 3. Jaswinder Singh 116.
Women: 1. Rajeshwari Kumari 30 (19) 111; 2. Manisha Keer 27 (19) 115; 3. Aashima Ahlawat 16 (21) 114; 4. Preeti Rajak 9 (21) 111.
Junior ladies: 1. Aashima Ahlawat 114; 2. Preeti Rajak 111; 3. Bhavya Tripathi 110.
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