7 years, 4 months ago

Manavjit asserts supremacy

Former World champion and six-time Asian champion, Manavjit Singh Sandhu asserted his undisputed class yet again as he beat another Olympian and former Asian champion Anwer Sultan 45-43 in a high quality final in trap in the National Shotgun Championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Saturday. Mansher Singh who had competed in four Olympics from 1984 to 2008, and was keen along with Manavjit, to enter the Sydney Olympics on the quota won by Anwer, on the basis of current form, showed his strong basics by finishing ahead of the two young shooters Fahd Sultan and Aman Ali Elahi. Interestingly, the top three in qualification took the fourth to sixth places in that order, while the fifth placed Lakshay Sheoran shot remarkably well to beat Vivaan Kapoor by two points for the gold. DEVANSHI RANA MISSES TOP SPOT Devanshi Rana, the young daughter of pistol ace Jaspal Rana, proved a chip off the old block, as she won the second place in the women’s air pistol ahead of seasoned shooters in the fifth National selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Saturday.

The Hindu

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