Aditya Singh Pundir of Uttarakhand won the Men’s 10m Air Rifle T3 on third day of the National Selection Trials 3 & 4, currently underway at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi.
Aditya dominated Sri Karthik Raj of Tamil Nadu in the gold medal match to carve out a 17-9 verdict in his favour.
The Tamil Nadu lad Kathik however, emerged the most successful shooter of the day, winning both the junior and youth categories of the Men’s 10m Air Rifle T3 to add to his silver in the senior category.
Aditya qualified seventh for the semifinal stage with a qualification core of 629.0 while Karthik picked up the eighth and final qualifying spot with a 628.7.
Also, registering a double win on the day was Sift Kaur Samra of Punjab who won both the Senior and Junior Women’s 50m Rifle Prone with 623.7. Veteran shooter Kuhelee Gangulee of CISF finished second with 620.7 while Shreya Saksena of Railways took the the third spot with 620.0 in a field of 105 shooters.
