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Shooting: Delhi’s Meenu Pathak Surprises, Varun Tomar Wins As National Selection Trials End
Karni Singh Shooting Range: Delhi’s Meenu Pathak, delivered the biggest surprise on the concluding day of the National Selection Trials 1&2 (Group A) for Rifle/Pistol, upstaging fancied names to clinch the women’s 10m air pistol T2 match with an effort of 243.1 in the final on Friday.
Army man Varun Tomar was the other winner on the day at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR), shooting 239.8 in the men’s air pistol T2 final, to win by a comfortable 1.9 over Paris Olympics bronze medallist Sarabjot Singh.
Two more notable events of the day saw Haryana’s latest shooting star Suruchi Phogat taste defeat for the first time since December last year and former world No.1 Saurabh Chaudhary, return a podium finish. Their efforts over the past three months have taken the former to number two in the Indian rankings while Saurabh has zoomed to the very top.
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- 06 Jul 2026 09:14
