His sensational tally of 254.0 in the OST T1 final, was 0.3 above the mark set by fellow finalist and India teammate Divyansh Singh Panwar, at the Cairo World Cup earlier this year.
Asian Games champion and world record holder Sift Kaur Samra, emerged victorious in the first women's 50M Rifle 3 Positions (3P) Olympic Selection Trial (OST T1), even as Niraj Kumar outgunned his four rivals in the corresponding men's event, as the on-going OSTs 1&2 at the Karni Singh S
Ashi Choksey and Swapnil Kusale outgunned the rest in their respective women's and men's 50M Rifle 3 Positions (3P) field of five, to take the qualification honours on day five of the on-going Olympic Selection Trials (OST) Rifle/Pistol
Sift Kaur Samra who has already bagged a Paris Olympic quota for India in the 50m Rifle 3-position, won an individual bronze medal in her pet event at the Kahilipara Shooting Range and also teamed up with Ashi Chouksey, who also won the individual gold, and Vanshika Sahil to clinch the team
Kiran Ankush Jadhav also joined the winners' circle, with a win in the men's 10m air rifle T2, on day five of the trials, as per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India.
The Punjab shooter pipped her statemate Sift Kaur Samra for the top spot on the podium with a total of 458.9 against Samra's 458.2. Madhya Pradesh's Ashi Chouksey finished with the bronze medal with a cumulative total of 445.5.
India's stellar performance in shooting events continues as the shooters Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema bagged gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol Team at the Hangzhou Asian Games here on Friday
Shooter Anant Jeet Singh added another medal to India's tally at the Asian Games, securing a silver medal in the men's skeet individual final on Wednesday