Sift and Niraj emerge victorious from the penultimate day of competitions in Bhopal – Firstpost

Bhopal: Sift Kaur Samra won her third women’s 50m rifle competition 3 positions while Niraj Kumar emerged victorious in the men’s event for the second time on the penultimate day of the Olympic Selection Trials (OST) 3 and 4 in Bhopal on Saturday.

Sift shot 461.3 in the women’s 3P Trial 4 final to edge Nischal by one point. Ashi Chouksey finished third with 448.1. Shriyanka Sadangi and Anjum Moudgil finished fourth and fifth respectively among the five women.

In the men’s 3P, Niraj topped with a good 462.9, 1.7 ahead of second-placed Chain Singh. Aishwary Tomar finished third with 449.8, while Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

OST T4 update:

Niraj Kumar (center) wins the men’s 3P OST T4 with a score of 462.9 in the final. Chain Singh (left) is 2nd and Aishwary Tomar (right) is 3rd. Congratulations!#OlympicSelectionTrials #Road2Paris #IndianShooting pic.twitter.com/IMT4xCGD1R

– NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) May 18, 2024

The results confirmed Sift as the top finisher in the women’s 3P, given the top three scores out of the four attempts.

Anjum Moudgil also confirmed her position as second best in the events among the five qualified shooters. In the men’s 3P, Aishwary Tomar and Swapnil Kusale finished 1-2 after the four-match Test competition.

Clarity in air events

The day also saw the qualifying rounds of the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol events take place.

While Sri Karthik Sabari Raj dominated the men’s air rifle with a score of 631.6, Ramita Jindal was the star of the day, posting a scintillating 636.4 (0.1 more than the existing world record established by China’s Han Jiayu at the Baku World Cup earlier this month) to crown the women’s air rifle.

Thanks to Ramita’s efforts, she is now second overall, just 0.1 behind Olympian Elavenil Valarivan, whose score of 633.0 propelled her to the top of the rankings.

OST T3 update:

Here are the winners of the women’s 10M OST T3 air rifle. Ramita (center) wins ahead of Elavenil (left) @elavalarivan in 2nd and Nancy (right) in 3rd. Everything is decided on the fourth Saturday.#OlympicSelectionTrials #Road2Paris #IndianShooting pic.twitter.com/FUNGqm9UDS

– NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) May 17, 2024

Ramita at the start of the day was in fourth position. Mehuli Ghosh (633.1) finished second, while Nancy (630.6) and Tilottama Sen (628.8) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

In the men’s air rifle, the results had no impact on the rankings as Sandeep Singh (fourth with 628.3) and Arjun Babuta (fifth with 624.7) maintained their top two positions in the calculations.

Manu Bhaker confidently dominated the women’s 10m air pistol rankings, finishing on top in the Trial 4 qualifying round with a score of 581.

Surbhi Rao (577) finished second while Palak (572) finished third. Rhythm Sangwan finished fourth on the same score as Palak, but lost in the inner 10 while Esha Singh was fifth with 572.

In the men’s air pistol, Sarabjot Singh shot 584 to top the Trial 4 qualifier, while Arjun Singh Cheema finished second with 583. Varun Tomar (577) finished third, Ravinder Singh (576) fourth and Naveen (574) finished fifth.

The air pistol results mean that in current calculations, Manu and Rhythm are 1-2 in the women’s air pistol while Sarabjot and Arjun occupy the top two spots in the men’s race.