Olympic Selection Trials: Ashi-Swapnil Shine In 3-Position Shooting

Add as a preferred source on Google

Ashi Choksey and Swapnil Kusale outgunned the rest in their respective women’s and men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions (3P) field of five, to take the qualification honours on day five of the ongoing Olympic Selection Trials (OST) Rifle/Pistol, here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in the national capital.

Ashi shot a world-class 590 in the women’s 3P OST T, to leave behind world-record holder Sift Kaur Samra in second with 583.

Tokyo Olympian Anjum Moudgil came in third with 581 while Paris quota holder Shriyanka Sadangi was fourth with 575. Nishchal too matched Shriyanka’s score but fell behind on inner 10s.

Last year, Ashi Chouksey made headlines when she secured a silver medal in the women’s 10-meter air rifle team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Not only did she win silver, but she also won a bronze medal in the women's 50m rifle three positions event.

Born on July 3rd, 2002, Ashi hails from Bhopal and has dedicated her career to the sport of shooting. Her training base is the MP State Shooting Academy in Bhopal.

The men’s 3P was tighter at the top with Swapnil edging it with two superlative 199s in the first Kneeling and Prone positions, to end with 592. The seasoned army small bore specialist Chain Singh came in second with 591, while Akhil Sheoran despite a perfect 200 in prone, came in third with 589.

Niraj Kumar and Aishwary Tomar brought up the rear of that field with scores of 579 and 576 respectively. Swapnil also had a brilliant Asian Games last year, Indian trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran created history by not only bagging a team gold medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions but also smashing the world record. The finals will take place on Wednesday.