Tejaswini Sawant Wins Gold, Anjum Moudgil Claims Silver in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions for India at CWG 2018
India’s medal count in shooting now stands at 14 including 5 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze. They have contributed a maximum number of medals for India with weightlifting team at the second place with nine medals.
Tejaswini Sawant continues her love for medals in Commonwealth Games 2018 on day 10. After winning a silver medal in Women's 50m Rifle Prone Finals event on Thursday, the 37-year-old had shot the gold medal in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions category. Anjum Moudgil ranked behind Tejaswini in the shooting discipline to claim the silver medal for India as well. With the addition of two medals early on, India’s medal tally in CWG 2018 moves to 33 including 15 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze. They also maintain their third place in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medal table and team standings behind Australia and England.
The shooter from Kolhapur shot a total of 457.9 points in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Finals, that also happened to be new games record (GR). Meanwhile, Anjum Moudgil ended with 455.7 points to take the second place and silver medal. Seonaid Mcintosh of Scotland shot a total of 444.6 points to bag the bronze medal. Surprisingly, Martina Lindsay Veloso ended at the fourth place with 432.3 points. Martina had topped Women's 50m Rifle Prone Finals discipline on day nine of CWG 2018 grabbing the gold. She had outshone Tejaswini Sawant to push her to second place standings.
Indian shooters have made an impact in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Right from big names such as Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu to young blood Manu Bhaker and Om Mitharval, everyone has contributed to the medal count immensely. The full list of medal winners for India in shooting are Jitu Rai wins gold in Men's 10m Air Pistol, Manu Bhaker wins gold in Women's 10m Air Pistol, Heena Sidhu wins gold in Women's 25m Pistol and silver in Women's 10m Air Pistol, Shreyasi Singh wins gold in Women's Double Trap, Mehuli Ghosh wins silver in Women's 10m Air Rifle, Om Mitharval wins bronze in Men's 10m Air Pistol and Men's 10m Air Pistol, Ankur Mittal wins bronze in Men's Double Trap, Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions and Apurvi Chandela wins bronze in Women's 10m Air Rifle.
India’s medal count in shooting now stands at 14 including 5 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze. They have contributed a maximum number of medals for India with weightlifting team at the second place with nine medals. In boxing and wrestling, several medals are won and many more assured to be won in the coming days of Commonwealth Games 2018. Good Luck India!
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