Shreya agarwal

Primie MInister Narendra Modi: Ramita Jindal of Haryana turned in a world-class performance to take centre stage in the women’s 10m Air Rifle qualification event on the opening day of shooting competitions in the 38th National Games at the spanking new Trishul Shooting Range here on Wednesday.

Asian Games medallist Ramita topped the charts in the Air Rifle event, her score of 634.9 bettering the 634.5 by Korea’s Ban Hyo-jin in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Mehuli Ghosh had shot 634.5 to lead the qualification in the 2023 World Championships in Baku.

Ramita led the eight qualifiers for the women’s Air Rifle final. Her score gave her a 0.4-point margin over Arya Borse (Maharashtra).