India’s Anjum Moudgil won the silver medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup that is being held in Mexico.
India’s Anjum Moudgil won the silver medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup that is being held in Mexico.
China’s Ruijiao Pei and Ting Sun won the gold and bronze in the 50 m rifle event, which was held on Thursday.
On day six of competition, which was a predominantly windy day thereby making shooting tough, Moudgil finished behind to China’s Ruijiao Pei 455.4 to 454.2 after the closely-fought 45-shot final.
This was India’s eighth medal of the competition and the first silver after having won three gold medals and four Bronze medals already, for their best ISSF World Cup performance by far, till date.
Earlier in qualification, Anjum rode on the back of a solid prone round of 399 out of 400 to log a combined 1170 and sail through to the eight woman final in second place behind China’s Ruijiao Pei who shot a qualification world record score of 1178, the Times of India reported.
Earlier, Shahzar Rizvi, playing in his first world cup, won the gold in the 10m Air Pistol Men catergory with a new World Record at the event, finishing with 242.3 points. Vetran Jitu Rai took bronze in the same event with 219.0 points.
Om Prakash Mitharval, the third Indian in the final, placed 4th in his first World Cup appearance with 198.4.
Another Indian debutant 17-year-old Mehuli Ghosh won bronze in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle final with a score of 228.4. Anjum Moudgil finished fourth with 208.6 and Apurvi Chandela seventh with 144.1 in Women’s 10m Air Rifle final.
In the women's 10m air rifle final, Mehuli and Anjum were in medal contention from the beginning, and after a seesaw battle between the two a 9.9 on the 17th shot meant Anjum ended in fourth position with a score of 208.6.
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 "(L-R) Anjum Moudgil alongside China’s Ruijiao Pei and Ting Sun")
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