Manavjit on top of the world; Abhinav a notch below

New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Gold medal in the recent World Championships at Zagreb (Croatia) has propelled Manavjit Singh Sandhu to the numero uno spot among the trap shooters in the latest world rankings.

Compatriot Abhinav Bindra, who also won a gold in 10m Air Rifle in Zagreb climbed whopping 24 rungs to the second position in his event while Olympic silver medallist Lt Col Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore was fifth in the rankings for Double Trap event.

Manavjit (3593 points), who has been shooting with uncanny consistency and precision, gained two spots and now leads the Italian Erminio Frasca (2447) by more than 1000 points. Former No one Alexey Alipov (2020) dropped down two places to third.

In the 10m Air Rifle event, Zhu Qinan (2886) still has a 274 point advantage over Abhinav while Alin G Moldoveanu of Romania is third with 2090 points. Former No one Gagan Narang of India has dropped down to the sixth position following a spate of indifferent performances.

Among women, Avneet Kaur Sidhu gained six places to 11th in the 10m Air Rifle event.

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