Meghana Sajjanar shot a score of 249.3 to take the top position in women’s 10m air rifle at the ongoing selection trials at New Delhi.
Meghana, who topped the qualification with 628.0, shot 10.8 and 10.6 on her last two attempts in the final to pip Aayushi Gupta by 0.3 point.
Olympian Ayonika Paul finished 3rd behind Aayushi, after making it to the final with the second best qualification score of 626.1.
The Results:
Women’s 10m Air Rifle: 1. Meghana Sajjanar 249.3 (628.0); 2. Aayushi Gupta 249.0; (625.4) 3. Ayonika Paul 227.2 (626.1).
Junior Women’s 10m Air Rifle: 1. Heena Gohei 249.3 (623.9); 2. Nupur Patil 248.0 (620.7); 3. Prachi Chaudhary 225.0 (622.3).
Youth Women’s 10m Air Rifle: 1. Yana Rathore 249.7 (621.0); 2. Heena Jayesh 249.0 (623.9); 3. Ayushi Podder 227.4 (621.4).
