Prithviraj Tondaiman resurrected his Olympic hopes in trap by reviving his fortunes with a stellar performance in the two selection trials conducted at short notice by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
A regular member of the national trap team, Prithviraj had shot 115 in the national championship, but had scores of 122 and 120 in the two trials to be placed on top of the table ahead of Vivaan Kapoor and Zoravar Singh Sandhu. Shapath Bharadwaj, the national junior champion and Olympian Kynan Chenai followed in the fourth and fifth spots on the basis of the average scores of the three competitions.
Ankur Mittal who won the trap gold in the national championship slipped to the 20th spot following scores of 111 and 109 in the trials.
