Sports News | Ramita Jindal Tops Second Trial in Women's 10m Air Rifle

New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) Asian Games bronze medallist shooter Ramita Jindal won back-to-back national trials in women's 10m air rifle at the Karni Singh range here on Wednesday.

The Haryana shooter, after taking the honours in Trial 1 on Tuesday, shot 252.0 in the finals on Wednesday to finish on top in the eight-shooter field. Tamil Nadu's R Narmada Nithin took the second spot, 0.9 points behind Ramita.

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Ramita's state-mate Nancy, who had finished second in Trial 1, settled for third place in Trial 2 on Wednesday.

Maharashtra's Sonam Uttam Maskar has earlier shot a table-topping 634.5 in the qualification round, while Nancy was 0.5 behind at second spot and Ramita third with 631.8 points.

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Paris Olympics quota winner Akhil Sheoran won the men's 50m rifle 3 positions Trial 2 with a finals score of 465.2.

Trial 1 winner Swapnil Kusale of the Railways, also a Paris quota winner, was second, while seasoned Chain Singh of the Army was third. Akhil had also topped the qualification round with a score of 592.

In women's 25m pistol Trial 1, Haryana's Rhythm Sangwan defeated Olympian Manu Bhaker 38-37 in the final. Manu was a class apart in the qualification round, posting 589 to top the field. Rhythm shot 580 to qualify in third place.

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