World Cup gold medallist Akhil Sheoran regained control as he topped the men’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the sixth National shooting selection trials at the Madhya Pradesh Academy, Bhopal, on Friday.
Akhil defeated Goldi Gurjar 16-2 in the climax after topping the second stage with 401.2. Navdeep Singh Rathore took the third place ahead of Ganga Singh, Nigam Prasad Parida, qualification topper Pankaj Mukheja (590), Lagad Saurav Gorakh and Mahesh Kumar.
Parul Kumar who had topped the fifth trials finished 14 th following a qualification score of 580.