Tejaswani beat world report holder Rhythm Sangwan 38-37 to prime girls’s 25-metre sports activities pistol occasion within the Nationwide taking pictures choice trials on the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Sunday (September 21, 2025).
Tejaswani had a two-point lead over Rhythm earlier than the final collection, 5 pictures within the ultimate. Rhythm (588), the qualification topper, might solely slender the hole with 4 hits, whereas Tejaswani had three.
A number of World Cup gold medalist and Asian Video games champion Rahit Sarnobat positioned third forward of Chinki Yadav, Anuja Verma, Vibhuti Bhatia, Pushpanjali Rana and Anjali Choudhary.
Simranpreet Kaur Brar shot 576 and missed the ultimate by one level.
In males’s 50-metre rifle 3-position occasion, Niraj Kumar pipped Olympian Chain Singh within the shoot-off after the 2 tied on 462.0 within the 45-shot ultimate. Qualification topper Swapnil Kusale, the Olympic medalist in Paris, was pushed to the fourth spot by Akhil Sheoran.
Nishan Budha, Sidharth Gaur, Kiran Jadhav and Goldi Gurjar have been the others to make the ultimate.
In girls’s air rifle, Asian champion Elavenil Valarivan beat Sakshi Padekar by 0.5 level as she wound up with hits of 10.9 and 10.6 within the 24-shot ultimate.
Sonam Maskar positioned third forward of Rajshree Sancheti, Meghana Sajjanar, Shreya Agrawal,Vidarsa Vinod and Arya Borse.
Shreya topped qualification with a powerful 636.4.
The outcomes
10m air rifle: Ladies: 1. Elavenil Valarivan 253.3 (633.0); 2. Sakshi Padekar 252.8 (634.0); 3. Sonam Maskar 230.1 (632.6).
25m sports activities pistol: Ladies: 1. Tejaswani 38 (582); 2. Rhythm Sangwan 37 (588); 3. Rahi Sarnobat 32 (584).
50m rifle 3-position: Males: 1. Niraj Kumar 462.0 (589); 2. Chain Singh 462.0 (586); 3. Akhil Sheoran 451.9 (586).
Printed – September 22, 2025 05:40 am IST
