Manu Bhaker and Vijayveer Sidhu win final Olympic selection trials for 25m pistol – Firstpost
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Manu Bhaker scores a world record 42 in the women’s 25m pistol final OST T4
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Manu Bhaker and Vijayveer Sidhu won the fourth and final Olympic Selection Trial (OST) in the 25m pistol events in Bhopal on Tuesday.
At the MP State Shooting Academy, Bhaker shot a world record 42 in the OST T4 women’s 25m pistol final, while Olympic quota winner Vijayveer shot 34 in the 25m rapid fire pistol final. male OST T4 to emerge triumphant.
Bhaker was at his best in the trials, winning two and finishing second in the other two.
OST T4 update:
Manu Bhaker (center) @realmanubhaker dominates the OST T4 women’s 25m pistol final with a score of 42, which is the same as the current world record. Simranpreet (left) 2nd, Abhidnya (right) is 3rd. Congratulations!🎊🔥🇮🇳#OlympicSelectionTrials #Road2Paris #IndianShooting pic.twitter.com/Ohjizv30ap
– NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) May 14, 2024
She was also the only shooter among the five selected not to score below 580 even once during the qualifying round.
Abhidnya Patil (35) finished second, while Simranpreet Kaur Brar (30) took third place. Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan finished fourth and fifth respectively.
OST T4 update:
Results out! Vijayveer (center) @VijayveerSidhu wins the men’s 25M rapid fire pistol 🔫 OST T4 with a score of 34 in the final. Anish @anish__bhanwala (left) 2nd, Adarsh Singh (right) is 3rd. Congratulations!🎊🔥🇮🇳#OlympicSelectionTrials #Road2Paris pic.twitter.com/L6aoBE2iVv
– NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) May 14, 2024
In the men’s rapid fire event, Vijayveer took the lead after the second series of five shots and held on until the eighth and final series to record his first outright victory in the trials.
Anish Bhanwala finished second with 30 while Adarsh Singh finished third with 25. Ankur Goel (20) and Bhavesh Shekhwat (18) took the remaining two places.
Anish, however, was the best performer of the quartet in this event, having won two events and finished second in the other two.
Bhavesh had won the second case. Vijayveer, on the other hand, had come second twice in the previous three Tests.
Wednesday will see the qualifying rounds in the men’s and women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event featuring local hopefuls Aishwary Tomar and Ashi Chouksey.
