Harpal Singh Bedi / New Delhi
Swapnil Kusale (Railways) overcame a strong challenge from Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Madhya Pradesh) to win the 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) T2 national shooting trials, Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range here on Friday.
Swapnil, who shot 1168 to qualify for the strong eight-man finals field in third place, shot 462 in the finals to emerge triumphant.
He took the lead after the second 15-shots prone position round, and held on to beat the talented M.P youngster who is also a Tokyo 2020 Olympics quota winner .
Sanjeev Rajput, who had won the T1 trials earlier, also qualified for the T2 finals, but could only manage a sixth place today. Parul Kumar (Air Force) was third.