Arjun shoots brilliant nal in air ri„e
Arjun Babuta shot a world record score of 254.0 to beat world champion Rudrankksh Patil by 2.8 points for the top spot in men’s air ri§e in the Olympic shooting trials on Thursday.
Olympic quota winner, Arjun beat the world record of 253.7 set by former world No.1 Divyansh Singh Panwar in the Cairo World Cup earlier this year.
Sri Karthik Sabari Raj did well to reach the third spot, ahead of Divyansh and qualication topper Sandeep Singh (634.4).
In women’s air ri§e, Nancy Mandhotra beat the World Championship silver medallist Mehuli Ghosh by 0.7 point for the top spot, while former world No.1 Elavenil Valarivan took the third place.
Olympic quota winner Tilottama Sen was pushed to the fourth spot while Asian Games medallist Ramita Jindal placed fth.
Olympic quota winner Varun Tomar was too sharp in men’s air pistol as he topped the nal with 244.1 points, after having emerged on top in qualication with 583.
Rhythm Sangwan did her condence a world of good as she topped women’s air pistol, beating Manu Bhaker by 5.7 points, after having topped qualication with 578.
The results: 10m air rifle: Men: 1. Arjun Babuta 254.0 (629.4); 2. Rudrankksh Patil 251.2 (630.5); 3. Sri Karthik Sabari Raj 229.6 (630.9). Women: 1. Nancy Mandhotra 253.4 (631.2); 2. Mehuli Ghosh 252.7 (630.7); 3. Elavenil Valarivan 230.5 (628.7).
10m air pistol: Men: 1. Varun Tomar 244.1 (583); 2. Ravinder Singh 240.0 (574); 3. Sarabjot Singh 217.4 (575).
Women: 1. Rhythm Sangwan 243.5 (578); 2. Manu Bhaker 237.8 (572); 3. Palak Gulia 217.5 (572).