Starting tomorrow (October 15), six Indian trap shooters - Neeru Dhanda, Aashima Ahlawat, and Kirti Gupta in women's and Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Vivaan Kapoor, and Bhowneesh Mendiratta in men's trap, will take to the Malakasa Shooting Range in the Greek capital for the first 50 targets of the
Asian champion Neeru Dhanda and Asian silver medalist Bhowneesh Mendiratta continued their fine form to win the National Selection Shotgun Trials (T4) held at Bhucho Village Bhai Devinder Singh Sidhu Gun Club in Bhucho, as per a release from NRAI.
In the women's trap, Preeti Rajak fell short at 105, but Neeru (20,23,20,23,21) and Aashima Ahlawat (21,23,22,20,21), who won bronze with 29 hits, shot five-round totals of 107 each to finish fifth and sixth in qualification. A three-shot shoot-off was needed to decide their bib numbers. Qat
Aashima had trapped 25 targets after the first seven five-targets series of the 10-series six-women final, the same as Sofia Gori of Italy. However, the Italian had qualified second with a score of 115, while Aashima's effort of 113 over two days of qualification had given her the fifth fina
Around 300 shooters representing various universities across India will be seen vying for the top honours across 13 medal events. A total of 22 shooters from Delhi University will be participating in the Khelo India University Games 2022 Uttar Pradesh.