Vivaan Kapoor defeated Zoravar Singh Sandhu 4-3 in the shoot-off to win men’s trap in the National shooting selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Tuesday.
Both Vivaan and Zoravar had shot very effectively in qualification to high the listing with 121 out of 125.
Former world champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu was third, forward of Gyanchand Susheel Sharan, Balabhadra Tarasia and Shardul Vihan. World Cup medallist this season, Prithviraj Tondaiman, was tenth with 117.
Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta was thirteenth with 116 whereas Olympian Kynan Chenai was twenty fifth with 114 in a discipline of 82 shooters.
In girls’s trap, Olympic quota winner Rajeshwari Kumari beat Bhavya Tripathi 1-0 in the shoot-off after being tied on 43 for the high spot. Rajeshwari had topped qualification with 118.
The outcomes:
Trap: Men: 1. Vivaan Kapoor 44(3) 121; 2. Zoravar Singh Sandhu 44(2) 121; 3. Manavjit Singh Sandhu 35 (118).
Women: 1. Rajeshwari Kumari 43(1) 118; 2. Bhavya Tripathi 43(0) 114; 3. Shreyasi Singh 32 (116).
