Manu Bhaker dominated the women’s 25m pistol qualifying with a superb performance to move within six points of the world record while Anish Bhanwala set a new record in New Delhi on Saturday Winning the first trial of the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Olympic Trials (OST) held. Olympian Manu won the women’s 25m pistol qualifying event at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. Manu had a stellar performance in the women’s final, scoring 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5 and 5 in a series of five in 10.

When Esha Singh was dismissed for the first time on 23 at the end of the seventh round of the series, Manu was already on 32, ahead of then-tied Rhythm Sangwan and Abhidnya leads by six strokes.

However, Esha will still lead the way at the end of the women’s 25m pistol OST, thanks to her 585 points in qualifying, which helped her top the five women’s field on Friday.

Manu followed in second place and Simranpreet, Abhidnya and Rhythm completed the sequence.

Anish also impressed for his class in the men’s RFP competition with 33 hits, six ahead of second-placed Vijayveer Sidhu. Adarsh ​​Singh ranks third with 23 hits.

Bhavesh Shekhawat finished fourth with 18 hits after topping the qualifiers, while Ankur Goel bowed out first with 10 hits in the session.

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