World champion esha singh

World Champion Esha Singh: Olympian and reigning mixed team pistol World Champion Esha Singh, was among the three winners on Day Three of the National Selection Trials 3 & 4 for Group A Rifle and Pistol shooters, currently underway here at the Trishul Shooting range in the Uttarakhand capital.

While Telangana’s Esha won the 25m pistol women T3 competition, Kerala’s Vidarsa Vinod took the 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) T4 honours, and Maharashtra’s Parth Rakesh Mane, won the 10m air rifle men T4 title, in what was another day of intense competition among the best rifle and pistol shooters of India.

Esha shot a 580 to take the third spot in qualifications but stamped her class in the finals when needed most that is towards the end stages, to completely blow away Maharashtra’s Abhidnya Ashok Patil, who had to settle for silver. Tamil Nadu’s Niveditha Nair came third.