Two olympians

Karni Singh Shooting Range: Railways' shooter Sonam Uttam Maskar and Army shooter Neeraj Kumar emerged victorious on Day Four of the Rifle/Pistol National Selection Trials (Group A), currently underway in Delhi’s Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR) in the National Capital Region (NCR) here on Tuesday.

Sonam, who picked up three ISSF medals last year, shot 253.2 in the women’s 10m air rifle T1 final to boss national champion Ananya Naidu of Maharashtra, who finished 1.3 behind in second.

On the other hand, Neeraj Kumar caused an upset of sorts in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) T2 final, getting the better of the Paris Olympics duo of Anish and Vijayveer Sidhu, relegating them to silver and bronze positions respectively.