Until he joined the Army, Sandeep Singh hadn’t considered shooting as a career choice. For nearly two years, between 2021 and 2023, he barely even practised. And has competed in just one international event. Now, the young rifle shooter finds himself in the mix for a Paris Olympics berth. And it could very likely come at the expense for a former world champion, world number 1 and world record holder shooter, Rudrankksh Patil. As the first half of the Indian pistol/rifle shooting trials for the Paris Olympics drew to a close on Saturday, the men’s 10m air rifle category is seeing an intriguing battle. But few would have imagined that a shooter with little international experience would push other more established stars, who won Olympic quotas, for a spot in Paris-bound team. Patil has been unexpectedly upstaged in the first two of four trials in New Delhi this week. Tokyo Olympian Divyansh Panwar, Sri Karthik Sabari and Arjun Babuta finished top three in the final of the second trial on Saturday. But 28-year-old Army shooter …