Babuta breaks air rifle world record

Arjun Babuta

Arjun Babuta (below) breached the existing finals world record (FWR) in men's 10m air rifle on way to a commanding win in the ongoing Olympic Selection Trials (OST) 1&2 for Rifle and Pistol at the Karni Singh Range here on Thursday.

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Babuta, the 25-year-old Paris Olympics quota winner, shone with a sensational tally of 254.0 in the OST T1 final. The score was 0.3 above the mark set by fellow finalist and India teammate Divyansh Singh Panwar at the Cairo World Cup earlier this year. Also registering wins in their respective OST T1 final matches were Nancy (women's 10m air rifle), Varun Tomar (men's 100m air pistol) and Rhythm Sangwan (women's 10m air pistol).

Babuta's score-sheet had two perfect 10.9s, besides 13 shots which were 10.6 and above. His lowest score of 10.0 came on the 21st shot, by which time he had already established a huge lead over the field, winning by 2.8 points in the end over 2022 world champion Rudrankksh Patil (251.2). Sri Karthik Sabari Raj (229.6) was third. Nancy's tally of 253.4, missed the world mark by 0.6, but it was sufficient to ward off quota holder Mehuli Ghosh by 0.7 points (252.7).

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