National Selection Trials: Sainyam, Gaurav Kumar Top 10m Air Pistol T2 Finals

Sainyam of Chandigarh and Gaurav Kumar of Uttar Pradesh topped the women's and men's 10m Air Pistol Trail 2 finals, respectively, as the National Selection Trials 1 & 2 concluded here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.

World Cup Final silver medallist Sainyam continued her good run of form, finishing on top with a dominant final score of 243.1, 5.4 points ahead of Rhythm Sangwan, who finished second on 237.7. Meenu Pathak once again finished in the top three in the finals, finishing with a score of 218.5.

Earlier in the qualification, Suruchi Singh finished on top with an impressive 587-31x, but could only finish in eighth place in the finals. Palak shot 579-16x to finish second in qualification and shot 178.2 in the finals to finish fifth.

The experienced Shwetha Singh took the third spot in qualification with a score of 578-18x and came back in the finals to finish in sixth place. Meenu Pathak shot 577-12x in qualification while Priya Muralidhar hit 576-16x. Rhythm Sangwan and Sainyam scored 576-15x and 576-13x while Divya T.S completed the top eight with a score of 575-19x.

Gaurav Kumar finds redemption at National Selection Trials

Gaurav Kumar improved on his second-place finish in Trial 1, finishing on top in T2 in a tightly contested final. Gaurav, who qualified third for the finals with a score of 584-21x, shot 245.5 in the finals to take the top spot ahead of Yogesh Kumar, who finished second with a final score of 244.6, after qualifying for the finals in fifth spot with a score of 583-25x. Harsh Swami of Uttar Pradesh took the third spot with a final score of 221.9 after qualifying for the finals in second place with a score of 585-26x.

Earlier in the qualification, Army's Ajendra Singh Chauhan shot an impressive 588-21x to qualify in the top spot. Udhayveer Singh of Punjab (583-26x), Kamaljeet Choudhary of Haryana (583-20x), Olympic medallist Sarabjot Singh (582-23x), and the Army's Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve (581-28x) completed the top eight.