The first day of the Rifle/Pistol National Selection Trials 1&2 (Group A) at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range saw strong early statements in the 50m rifleprone events, with Rajasthan’s Manini Kaushik and world championship silver medalist in 50mrifle 3P, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finishing on top of the women’s and men’s fieldsrespectively in Selection Trial 1.Manini leads tightly packed women’s fieldManini Kaushik topped the women’s 50m rifle prone T1 with a total of 625.0, built on acomposed and balanced series-by-series performance with 104.7, 104.2, 102.3, 104.6, 104.2, and105. Karnataka’s Tilottama Sen finished second with 622.6, while Kerala’s Vidarsa K Vinodfollowed in third on 622.0.The depth of competition was evident with just 0.4 separating the athletes placed fifth to eighth.Jharkhand’s Supriya Kumari (621.7) finished fourth, ahead of the current national championPriya of the Army Marksmanship Unit (620.7). Haryana’s Nischal (620.6), Madhya Pradesh’s Ashi Chouksey (620.5) and Punjab’s Sift Kaur Samra (620.4) rounding off the top eight.