Aditya marla

Karni Singh Shooting: Karan Sehrawat of Haryana and Divya TS of Karnataka, emerged victorious at the men’s and women’s 10m air pistol T2 trials, as the new season’s first two national selection trials for rifle and pistol concluded here at the Karni Singh Shooting range.

The international season begins early in 2024, when the Indian rifle and pistol squad heads to Jakarta, Indonesia, to take part in the Asian Olympic qualifying event. Teams for that event have been already announced.

Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary extended his good run of form to a second day, topping the men’s 10m air pistol T2 qualifications with a world-class score of 586. He was followed by his senior Olympian Gurpreet Singh who shot the same score but had seven lesser inner 10s than Saurabh. Three Haryana shooters took the final three qualifying spots, with Aditya Marla and Karan Sehrawat claiming sixth and seventh, just four inner 10s between them in a tally of 584 each, while eventual runner-up Shiva Narwal claimed the eighth and final spot with a 583.