National Selection Trials: Bhavesh Shekhawat leads in 25m Rapid Fire

Rajasthan's Bhavesh Shekhawat grabbed the early lead in the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at the National Selection Trials T3, shooting 294. Olympian Anish Bhanwala followed in second place with a score of 291 at the Karni Singh Ranges.

Bhavesh Shekhawat took the early lead after Stage 1 in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at the National Selection Trials T3 which got underway on Friday at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges.

The Rajasthan shooter shot a total of 294 - 11x (99,99,96) in the three series of the first stage to take the lead. Olympian Anish Bhanwala shot 291-11x (97,98,96) to take second place, while Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu also shot 291 (96,98,97) to be placed in third, as per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). National Champion Suraj Sharma followed with a score of 290-9x (98,95,97).

Other Results

-Ankur Goel - 289-12x (99,96,94) -Mukesh Nelavalli - 289-7x (99,93,97) -Vijayveer Sidhu - 289-6x (100,98,91) -Adarsh Singh - 289-4x (95,97,97) -Pradeep Singh - 286-9x (97,97,92) -Omkar Singh - 286-6x (98,100,88) -Udhayveer Sidhu - 284-7x (97,96,91) Neeraj Kumar - 284-6x (98,98,88) Mandeep Singh - 281-7x (96,96,89)

Upcoming Events

The 10m rifle athletes will be in action tomorrow, with the qualification and finals scheduled along with Stage 2 and the finals of the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. (ANI)

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