MOHALI , JAN 01,
Olympic quota winners Apurvi Chandela and Anjum Moudgil are set to retain their place in the National squad in women’s air rifle for the World Cup to be staged at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, in February.
While Apurvi has been consistent and topped the chart after the addition of merit points for her Olympic quota and the world rank, Anjum has managed a third spot behind Elavenil Valarivan who has been in brilliant form. The team for the World Cup is likely to be selected in the second week of January.
Provisional rankings
A group of quality shooters, including the Commonwealth Games silver medallist Mehuli Ghosh, Meghana Sajjanar, Shreya Agrawal, Shriyanka Sadangi, Aayushi Gupta, Olympian Ayonika Paul, World University champion Viita Bhardwaj, and former Asian champion Pooja Ghatkar follow the top three in the provisional rankings.Anjum, of course, tops her main event — 50-metre rifle 3-position — in which she holds a world record 1180 in qualification.
Gaayathri Nithyanandam and former World Champion in prone, Tejaswini Sawant, follow Anjum in the list.
The young Manu Bhaker, the Commonwealth Games and Youth Olympics gold medallist, is likely to retain her place in both the air pistol and sports pistol events, as the No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.
Heena Sidhu climbed to the second spot after her world record score of 587 in air pistol in the recent trials.
Anuradha of Navy looks set to pip established names like Shri Nivetha, Shweta Singh, Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Annu Raj Singh in the race for a berth.
In sports pistol, Asian Games gold medallist Rahi Sarnobat tops the provisional list.
Chinki Yadav is placed third behind Manu but ahead of Annu Raj Singh, Heena Sidhu, Shreya Gawande, and Pushpanjali Rana.
