Both the top international shooters had won the T1 trials at the same Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range (DKSSR) in Delhi on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rudrankksh, the 2022 men\u2019s air rifle world champion, shot 253.3 in the final to win comfortably, while Sift was even more dominant, eventually ending with a tremendous score of 469.8, 0.2 over her own existing world record in the event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Punjab earned a second title on the day when Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the day\u2019s third final, the women\u2019s 25m pistol T1 with a score of 36, leaving Olympian Esha Singh and double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker behind in silver and bronze positions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sift wins third title in a week<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The day\u2019s first decider saw the world-class Sift Kaur Samra deliver a virtuoso finals performance which gave her a third title in a week -- a National Games gold and two trial wins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
She topped the qualifications with a brilliant 595 and then led from shot one of the 45-shot final and after every position, to leave fellow Olympian Shriyanka Sadangi of Odisha a huge 4.6 points behind. She surpassed her world record score despite a final shot return of 9.9, such was her accuracy in the final. Telangana\u2019s Surabhi Rapole won bronze.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rudrankksh\u2019s double<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former World Champion Rudrankksh Patil has also been in rousing form in the new season after missing out on the Paris Olympics narrowly and registered his second trials victory in two days with a mature showing in the men\u2019s 10m air rifle. He was second in qualification with 633.0 to eventual silver medallist Hriday Hazarika of Assam, though only on countback.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the final, he was on the money from shot one, a 10.4, and then led through all the pit-stops to leave Hriday 1.9 short after the regulation 24 shots. Gujarat\u2019s Smit Moradiya won bronze.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Simranpreet trumps Esha, Manu<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After losing out to them in the Olympic trials last year, Punjab\u2019s Simranpreet Kaur Brar managed to pull one over the top pistol duo of Manu Bhaker, who won double bronze at the Paris Olympics, and Esha Singh, a reigning World Air Pistol Mixed Team champion, in the women\u2019s 25m pistol T1 selection trial.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Punjab shooter, who won silver at the 38th National Games last week, began well (with a perfect 5) and ended strong (4,4,4) in the 10-series of 5-shots final. Another perfect-5 came at the right time in the fifth series but a couple of 2s meant both Esha and she went into the final series tied at 32-hits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After losing out to them in the Olympic trials last year, Punjab\u2019s Simranpreet Kaur Brar managed to pull one over the top pistol duo of Manu Bhaker, who won double bronze at the Paris Olympics, and Esha Singh, a reigning World Air Pistol Mixed Team champion, in the women\u2019s 25m pistol T1 selection trial.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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