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Umamahesh Maddineni tops air rifle in National shooting trials
Junior World Cup champion Umamahesh Maddineni shot well in the final to beat World champion Rudrankksh Patil by 0.7 points in the men's air rifle event in the third National shooting selection trials at the Trishul Academy in Maharana Pratap Sports College on Wednesday.
Qualification topper and former world No.1 Divyansh Singh Panwar (632.9) placed third ahead of Parth Mane, Shourya Siani,, Paarth Makhija, Vishal Singh and Sandeep Singh.
In women's 50-metre rifle 3-position event, world record holder Sift Kaur Samra outclassed the field by 10.4 point margin, after having scored 591 in qualification. Aakriti Dahiya rose to the second spot ahead of qualification topper Ashi Chouksey (592).
Mehuli Ghosh, Ayushi Podder, Vidarsa Vinod, Nischal and Vanshika Shahi were the others to make the final.
In rapid fire pistol, Anish Bhanwala was top class both in qualification and final to stay ahead of the pack in the race for making the national team for the Asian championship and the last World Cup of the season.
The results: 10m air rifle: Men: 1. Umamahesh Maddineni 252.2 (630.9); 2. Rudrankksh Patil 251.5 (631.9); 3. Divyansh Singh Panwar 230.1 (632.9).
25m rapid fire pistol: Men: 1. Anish Bhanwala 33 (582); 2. Adarsh Singh 29 (574); 3. Pradeep Singh Shekhawat 23 (581).
50m rifle 3-position: Women: 1. Sift Kaur Samra 467.3 (591); 2. Aakriti Dahiya 456.9 (588); 3. Ashi Chouksey 443.9 (592).
