Pune: Anisa Sayyed retained her mighty hold on the 25m Sports Pistol for women, winning her third National title in a row at the 55th national championships on Monday.
The burly Pune shooter, representing Haryana, entered the final with a 10-point lead over her closest rival and drove home the psychological advantage. The champion was far out in front with 781.1 points (581 qualifying, 201.1 final) and is eyeing one quota place remaining at the 2012 Asian shooting championships in Qatar, the last chance for Indian Olympic hopefuls.
India's quota place winner in the event for London 2012, Maharashtra's Rahi Sarnobat, fired her way to a superb 203.7 final round, but the deficit in qualifying forced her to be satisfied with second place in 774.7 points total (571, 203.7).
Annuraj Singh came into her own in the 20-shot final, spread over four rounds of five shots each, firing a high of 52.5 in the third, but the gap between her and the leader was beyond reach and secured third spot in 768.4 (561, 201.4).
The Hindu