Sift Kaur Samra & Niraj Kumar qualifies for Olympics in shooting
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Bhopal: At the Olympic Selection Trial (OST) 3 and 4 in Bhopal on Saturday, Sift Kaur Samra won her third women's 50m rifle three positions competition. Also, in the men's event, Niraj Kumar became the winner, which is her second time, PTI reported.
Sift recorded 461.3 points in the women's 3P trial four final, removing Nischal by a point. When Ashi Chouksey was third with 448.1, Shriyanka Sadangi and Anjum Moudgil were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the five-woman field. In the men's 3P, Niraj finished on top with a healthy 462.9, a whole 1.7 ahead of second-placed Chain Singh.
Aishwarya Tomar was third with 449.8, while Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
The results confirmed Sift as the top finisher in women's 3P, considering the three best scores out of the four trials.
Anjum Moudgil also confirmed her position as the second-best in the trials among the five qualified shooters. In the men's 3P, Aishwary Tomar and Swapnil Kusale finished 1-2 after the competition of four trial matches.
The day also saw the qualification rounds of the men's and women's 10m air rifle and air pistol trial four play out.
While Sri Karthik Sabari Raj topped 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 set by China's Han Jiayu at the Baku World Cup earlier this month) to top the women's air rifle.
Ramita's effort meant that she was now second in the overall calculations, just 0.1 behind Olympian Elavenil Valarivan, whose score of 633.0 has taken her to the top of the standings.
