Shooting: Upset in Olympics trials as Shreya Agarwal beats Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan

While the sporting world has come to a standstill with events and tournaments getting cancelled, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) decided to conduct the Olympic trials at Dr. Karni Singh Range in Tughlaqabad.

Shreya Agarwal shot 631.2 in 10m Air Rifle to beat Elavenil Valarivan (629.9) and Anjum Moudgil (626.9). Apurvi Chandela who was in extraordinary form last year, winning two gold medals at the World Cup was not at her best and could only manage 624.4.

In 25 meter pistol, Rahi Sarnobat shot 583 ahead of Chinki Yadav (579) and Manu Bhaker (578).

Results courtesy a report in The Hindu:

Men:

10m air rifle: 1. Deepak Kumar 631.1; 2. Pankaj 628.8; 3. Shahu Tushar Mane 628.5; 4. Sandeep Singh 627.7; 5. Divyansh Singh Panwar 626.1.

Trap: 1. Kynan Chenai 71; 2. Prithviraj Tondaiman 71; 3. Manavaditya Singh Rathore 70; 4. Jungsher Singh Virk 68; 5. Manavjit Singh Sandhu 66.

Skeet: 1. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 74; 2. Gurjoat Singh 73; 3. Amrinder Singh Cheema 72; 4. Mairaj Ahmad Khan 71.

Women:

10m air rifle: 1. Shreya Agarwal 631.2; 2. Elavenil Valarivan 629.9; 3. Anjum Moudgil 626.9; 4. Mehuli Ghosh 626.6; 5. Apurvi Chandela 624.4.

25m sports pistol: 1. Rahi Sarnobat 583; 2. Chinki Yadav 579; 3. Manu Bhaker 578; 4. Annu Raj Singh 576; 5. Abhidnya Patil 570.

Trap: 1. Shreyasi Singh 69; 2. Kirti Gupta 64; 3. Seema Tomar 63; 4. Rajeshwari Kumari 62.

Skeet: 1. Darshna Rathore 69; 2. Areeba Khan 68; 3. Ganemat Sekkhon 66; 4. Jasmeen Kaur 65.

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