Anjum, Swapnil post first win of Olympic Selection Trials

In the women's 3P final which followed, Anjum Moudgil shot 463.9 to leave India's number one.

Bhopal : On Thursday Olympian Anjum Moudgil and Paris Olympics quota winner Swapnil Kusale, posted their first victories video of the ongoing Rifle and Pistol Olympic Selection Trials (OST) 3 and 4, winning the women’s and men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions (3P) OST T3 respectively here at Bhopal’s MP State Shooting Academy range.


The men’s 3P final was the first event on schedule and Swapnil, who had finished second in qualifications on Wednesday with a score of 587, shot 463.7 to lord it over Akhil Sheoran, who finished second with 461.6. Local lad and qualifications topper Aishwary Tomar shot 451.9 to finish third, being eliminated after the 44th shot of the 45-shot final.


In the women’s 3P final which followed, Anjum Moudgil shot 463.9 to leave India’s number one Sift Kaur Samra 1.9 points behind in second. Yet another local, Ashi Chouksey, took third with 447.3.