Ayushi Podder beat Priya 16-8 to top the women’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the sixth National shooting selection trials at the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal on Thursday.
It was a consistently high quality performance by the 21-year-old Ayushi as she topped qualification with 587 along with Priya, and topped the second stage 0.8 point ahead of the same rival. World Cup medallist Lajja Gauswami finished third ahead of Nischal.
Bandhvi Singh who had topped the fifth trials and Meghana Sajjanar had also shot 587 in qualification but finished sixth and seventh respectively. Apurvi Chandela shot 579 and placed 11th.
