Manu Bhaker tops 10m Pistol Women National Trials finals

by Kheltoday · March 10, 2026

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10m AP Women Winners – (L-R) Sainyam (Chandigarh), Manu Bhaker (Haryana), Esha Singh (Telangana).

T3 – 50m Rifle Prone Women Winners – (L-R) Aakriti Dahiya (Haryana), Sift Kaur Samra (Punjab), Manini Kaushik (Rajasthan)

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi: Olympian Manu Bhaker topped the finals of the 10m Pistol Women event in the National Selection Trials T3 (Group A) which concluded today here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range. Trial two winner Sainyam finished second while Esha Singh secured the third spot in the eight-woman final.

Manu who squeezed into the finals as the last qualifier, maintained her lead in the finals from the end of the second series to finish on top with a final score of 246.1, which was a comfortable 4.2 points more than World Cup Final silver medallist Sainyam who finished with a score of 241.9. Asian Championship gold and World Championship bronze medallist Esha Singh finished in third with a score of 220.6.

Asian Games champion Palak Gulia finished in fourth after a score of 200.2 followed by Anjali Choudhary who hit 179.8. Surbhi Rao finished in sixth place with a score of 158.2 followed by Deaflympics medallist Pranjali Prashant Dhumal and Muskan who scored 138.7 and 117.0, completing the top eight.

Esha had qualified for the final in top spot with a score of 580-21x followed by Surbhi Rao who shot 578-12x. Muskan qualified in third place after scoring 577-15x followed by Anjali Choudhary (575-19x), Sainyam (575-16x), Palak (574-14x) and Manu (574-11x).

The national squad athletes will now start the coaching camp which will be held at New Delhi from tomorrow (March 11) to March 21.

50m Rifle Prone Women Winners – (L-R) Aakriti Dahiya (Haryana), Sift Kaur Samra (Punjab), Manini Kaushik (Rajasthan).