In Shooting, Ayushi Podder won the women’s 50 metres Rifle 3 Positions (3P), while T.S. Divya and Adarsh Singh claimed the titles in the women’s 10 metres Air Pistol and men’s 25 metres Centre Fire Pistol T1 events on the penultimate day of the National Trials for Rifle and Pistol in Thiruvananthapuram today.
West Bengal’s Ayushi, in fact, won both the senior and junior categories in women’s 3P, shooting 452.3 in the senior category and 0.1 less in the junior final to take home a coveted double. She got the better of Tamil Nadu’s N. Gaayathri in the senior final by 0.4 points and Madhya Pradhesh’s Bandhvi Singh in the junior event by 0.9 points.
In the women’s 10 metres Air Pistol final, Karnataka’s Divya came up trumps in a low-scoring final, finishing ahead of experienced Shweta Singh, to shot 235.3. Aadhya Tayal of Rajasthan was third with a score of 214.9. In the men’s 25 metres Centre Fire Pistol event, Haryana’s Adarsh continued his good form and shot 582 to leave Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu of Punjab (581) in second place. Yogesh of the Indian Navy was third with a score of 579.