SPORTS
Sift speeds forward toward Paris
In the women’s 50-meter rifle three positions event, Sift Kaur Samra outran her four opponents and won back-to-back matches at the Olympic selection trials.
In the end, Sift shot 465.1, putting Ashi Choksey in second place, 2.4 behind. third was Anjum Moudgil.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar was the winner of the men’s 3P T2 final. Aishwary trailed Akhil Sheoran by 0.1 going into the last shot. With a 10.6 to Akhil’s 9.9, he sealed the victory.
Maheshwari is pursuing
Maheshwari Chauhan, who finished sixth in the women’s skeet after two rounds of qualifying, raised Indian hopes for the shotgun at the last Olympic qualification event in Doha.