Indian shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil have bagged gold and silver, respectively in 50m rifle 3 positions finals at Commonwealth Games 2018 being held at Australia’s Gold Coast. With the achievement, India’s medal tally has increased to 33 (Gold – 15, Silver – 8, Bronze – 10).
Tejaswini registered a new Games record 457.9 points to take the title. Anjum scored 455.7. Seonaid McIntosh of Scotland took bronze with 444.6.
On Thursday, 37-year-old Tejaswini had won a silver medal in the women’s 50m Rifle Prone after shooting a total of 618.9 points. With this win, she became the first Indian woman to win a medal twice in this Commonwealth Games event. Roopa Unnikrishnan bagged gold in the event in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur.
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On the other hand, Moudgil had finished 16th in the women’s 50m Rifle Prone on Thursday, shooting a combined 602.2 in six rounds.
Earlir, Anjum clinched the top spot in the qualification standings with a CWG record of 589 points whereas, Sawant qualified at the third position with a score of 582. Singapore’s Martina Lindsay Veloso was second on the qualification ladder with 584.
