Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela Secure 2020 Tokyo Olympic Spots

Ace shooters Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela secured two Olympic Quota places for India on Monday after performing  brilliantly at the ongoing 52nd ISSF World Championship in Changwon, South Korea.

Anjum also becomes the first woman to win an Individual Air Rifle medal at the World Championships in the Senior category

Great News - @apurvichandela earns an Olympic Quota for India 🇮🇳 in 10m Air Rifle.

Congrats Apurvi! Great fight to finish 4th at ISSF World Championship in Changwon 👏

Congrats @anjum_moudgil on winning the Silver & also securing an Olympic quota for India! @GoSportsVoices pic.twitter.com/o5qVGbTMlS

— OGQ (@OGQ_India) September 3, 2018

While it was Anjum who is bringing home the silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle event, Apurvi managed to finish fourth. Both their performances have landed them with an early ticket to the Olympics in their respective shooting event in Tokyo.

Anjum and Apurvi became the first set of Indian shooters to secure places for the 2020 Olympics

ISSF World Championship: India's Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela secure 2020 Tokyo Olympic spots https://t.co/89AaLa5GKM pic.twitter.com/TI5SSBjMbL

— DNA (@dna) September 3, 2018

Anjum finished second on the podium behind Korean Hana Im (251.1) and ahead of bronze-medallist Korean Eunhea Jung (228.0).

SILVER AT SHOOTING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The 10m Rifle Team Event sees Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela and Mehuli Ghosh bag SILVER with 1879 points at the #ISSFWCH. pic.twitter.com/bxdf0HwSAu

— The Bridge (@TheBridge_IN) September 3, 2018

The 24-year-old Moudgil shot a total of 248.4. Chandela aggregated 207 to finish fourth, but still made the cut since a country can avail two Olympic quota places in this event. Earlier in the qualifications, Moudgil and Chandela finished fourth and sixth respectively.

Another benchmark achieved for Anjum Moudgil along with her Olympic quota spot.

She becomes the first woman to win an Individual Air Rifle medal at the World Championships in the Senior category.#ISSFWCH pic.twitter.com/VVGQp2mjYr

— The Bridge (@TheBridge_IN) September 3, 2018

On Sunday, while Indian shooters' campaign started in the World Cup with two gold medals in the junior section, the senior teams failed to reach the finals of their respective events. The tournament is the first quota event for the 2020 Rio Olympic Games, offering as many as 60 berths.

#Shooting #ISSFWCH

Silver for Anjum Moudgil, two Olympic quota spots for India in women's 10m air rifle!
A great performance from both finalists. pic.twitter.com/HmSgjfsVs0

— The Field (@thefield_in) September 3, 2018

“Anjum is the juniormost in this event for India and would take a lot of confidence. Six of the eight finalists here will also compete at the Asian Games and shooting in such pressure situations will prepare Anjum well,” India’s chief rifle coach Deepali Deshpande had shared earlier, Indian Express reported.

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Indian Team of @anjum_moudgil @apurvichandela and @GhoshMehuli win Silver with 1879 points in 10m Rifle team event at @ISSF_Shooting World championship

More then current world record (Korea shoot more then India so new WR to them) @OGQ_India @GoSportsVoices

Congrts 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Ys2FBl93Jf

— Sports India (@SportsIndia3) September 3, 2018

Jaipur’s Apurvi Chandela already has a National Championship medal, a World Cup medal and a Commonwealth gold in her kitty. The Indian shooter has been putting in excellent performances on the international circuit consistently.

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