Olympian Manu Bhaker and India's top men's rapid-fire pistol (RFP) shooter Anish Bhanwala, stayed on course for a top finish at the first-ever Olympic Selection Trials (OST) Rifle/Pistol, shooting solid qualification rounds in their 25m pistol OST T3 matches respectively
A total of 16 matches across the eight Olympic rifle and pistol individual events will be held over a nine-day detail, concluding with the men's and women's 10m air rifle T4 finals on Sunday, May 19
Manu shot an aggregate of 585 in the women's 25M Pistol OST T2 qualification, to lead the five-woman field into the finals in pole position. In the men's 25M Rapid-Fire Pistol (RFP) OST T2, odds-on favourite Anish Bhanwala continued to dominate proceedings, topping the qualification round wi
Olympian and women's pistol ace Manu Bhaker, soared high, as much as six points above the world record, to take the women's 25M Pistol Olympic Selection Trial T1 (OST T1), literally demolishing the four-woman opposition at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range here on Saturday
Akhil Sheoran won gold for India in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) match two, when he shot a scorching 468.4 to leave Patrik Jany of the Czech Republic a distant 2.2 behind in second at the Grand Prix Wroclawia & Dolnego Slaska.
Anish Bhanwala posted 35 hits out of 40 in the final, to yet again leave Gurmeet of the Army in second spot with 31 hits, in what was a repeat of the T3 top two the day before on Sunday. Vijayveer Sidhu, another Paris quota holder, was third with 22 hits
India's Paris Olympic quota holders had a field day on the first finals day of the National Rifle/Pistol Selection Trial 3 and Trial 4, with West Bengal's Mehuli Ghosh and Haryana's Anish Bhanwala ending up winners here at the MP State Shooting Academy ranges. Army marksman Ganga Singh bucke
India international shooters Ramita Jindal, Swapnil Kusale and Anish Bhanwala, emerged triumphant on day two of the national rifle/pistol selection trials 1, currently underway at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range
Abhinav Choudhary shot a score of 30 in the final to outgun Uttar Pradesh's Ankur Goel, who finished with 26 hits to his name. Delhi's Arpit Goel was third with 21
Anish shot 27 in the final on Friday evening, finishing behind world championship bronze medallist German Peter Florian who took gold with 35 hits, and reigning world champion and double Olympic medallist Li Yuehong of China, who was second with 33 hits after eight series of five rapid-fi
India have now picked up 30 medals from the continental event, including eight gold. Anish Bhanwala's quota was the fifth India have secured in Changwon.