Shooting trials for Paris Olympic selection will resume in Bhopal. shooting news

A total of 37 pistol and rifle shooters will resume their quest for a place in the Indian team for the Paris Olympic Games when the Olympic Selection Trials (OST) 3 and 4 begin in Bhopal on Saturday. Indian shooters have secured 16 Paris quota places (maximum possible) in pistol and rifle and the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) is conducting trials among the country’s top five in each event to select the team for the Olympics. . In shooting sports, Olympic quotas are earned for the country and individuals securing slots are not assured of a Paris berth unless they top the selection trials.

The top two shooters in each event, based on the average of the best three out of four trial scores, will fly to Paris.

The first set of two trials was held at the Karni Singh Range in New Delhi last month and the MP State Shooting Academy here will decide the Olympic fate of the top contenders in the next few days.

On the first day of the trials, there will be men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol and women’s 25m pistol T3 qualification rounds. The finals of both those competitions have been scheduled for Sunday.

A total of 16 matches across eight Olympic rifle and pistol individual events will be held over nine days, culminating with the men’s and women’s 10m Air Rifle T4 finals on May 19.

Three women shooters, Olympians Manu Bhaker, Isha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan are competing in multiple events like 25m sport pistol and 10m air pistol.

The favorites in the men’s rapid-fire pistol event are Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu, who have the advantage of being quota winners and have performed well in the first two trials.

After the first two trials in 25 meter sport pistol, Manu and Isha seem to have the upper hand.

Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Aashi Chowksey renewed their fight for Olympic spots in the men’s and women’s 50m rifle 3 positions respectively.

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