Ex-World Champion and 4-time Olympian Manavjit Singh Sandhu, drew on all his experience to win the Men’s Trap competition in the T3 Shotgun National Selection Trials, which concluded at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in the national capital region.

India international and national record holder Rajeshwari Kumari also won the women’s trap T3 trials at the same venue to boost her confidence ahead of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Cairo, Egypt, to be held from April 25, 2023. At Bhopal’s M.P. State Shooting Academy range, where the T3 and T4 Rifle/Pistol trials also concluded on Tuesday, India’s most recent ISSF World Cup gold medal winner Sarabjot Singh of Haryana, clinched the Men’s 10m Air Pistol T4 Trial while statemate Anuradha Devi won the Women’s Air Pistol T4 match.

After missing five targets on Day One of qualification, Manavjit needed two strong rounds on the second day to give himself a chance. He delivered with rounds of 24 and 25 to finish fourth after a shoot-off to decide rankings. He then made the final with a second-place finish in the second semifinal striking 21 of the 25 birds.

In the final, he was the first to miss and he missed early, but that by self-admission led to enhanced focus and he finished with 14 straight hits to snuff out the challenge of Lakshjeet Singh Sindhu with three targets to spare. Manav got 29 hits in the first 32-targets in the final to Lakshjeet’s 25. Another Olympian Kynan Chenai was third.

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