Excitement peaked at Delhi’s Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range during National Selection Trials 3 (Group A). Standout performances came from Divyansh Singh Pawar in men’s 10m air rifle, Khyati Chaudhary in women’s, and Olympian Anish Bhanwala in 25m rapid fire pistol.
Divyansh, a Tokyo Olympics veteran, dominated the men’s final with 252.5, fending off Parth Rakesh Mane’s 251.5 for silver. Shahu Tushar Mane earned bronze at 230.9 in the intense 8-shooter format.
Women’s event delivered edge-of-the-seat action. Khyati Chaudhary and Mahit Sandhu were locked at 251.4 after regulation shots. In the shoot-off, Khyati’s 10.9 proved decisive over Mahit’s 10.2. Mehwul Ghosh secured third with 230.1, underlining the depth of talent in Indian women’s shooting.
Earlier qualifications were equally competitive. Dhanush Shrikant topped men’s with 633.2, with Mahesh Babu Bathula (632.6), Himanshu Dhillon (632.1), and Niraj Kumar (632.1) close behind. The top-8 included Parth Mane (631.8), Divyansh (630.6), Shahu (630.4), and Kiran Ankush Jadhav (630.3).
Mehwul Ghosh led women’s quals at 633.4, Sonam Uttam Maskar hit 633.2, Tilottama Sen 632.0. Khyati (630.7), Mahit (629.7), Vidrasa K. Vinod (629.4), Sakshi Sunil Padekar (629.3), and Isha Anil Takasale (629.1) advanced.
Anish Bhanwala asserted supremacy in 25m rapid fire pistol T3 final, scoring 33 for gold. Rajkawar Singh Sandhu’s 31 fetched silver. Bhavesh Shekhawat clinched bronze in a shoot-off with Vijayveer Sidhu at 29 points each; Vijayveer placed fourth with 23 hits.
Pistol quals saw Bhavesh ahead at 583-17x, Rajkawar 581-20x, Adarsh Singh 580-15x, Anish 578-15x. Top-8: Niraj Kumar (576-16x), Vijayveer (576-15x), Omkar Singh (575-18x), Pradeep Singh Shekhawat (575-15x).
As India eyes global glory, these results signal promising form from its shooting brigade.