Pistol shooter Heena Sidhu’s stellar performance at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships on Tuesday (Oct 31) grabbed eyeballs. On Wednesday (Nov 1), it was the turn of another young Indian woman, Pooja Ghatkar, to win a gold in the tournament.
10m Air Rifle Women (CSF) Final:
— SportingIndia (@SPORTINGINDIAtw) November 1, 2017
1st Pooja Ghatkar IND
2nd Anjum Moudgil IND
3rd Martina Veloso SGP pic.twitter.com/BxAe4qNMYr
#Shooting: Congratulations to #PoojaGhatkar. Bags #Gold at Commonwealth Championship, Gold Coast. @SunilYashKalra pic.twitter.com/k7IOwiMRNS
— ProSportify (@ProSportify) November 1, 2017
The 28-year-old Pooja clinched the gold in the 10m women's air rifle event. Anjum Moudgil won the silver medal and Martina Lindsay Veloso of Singapore grabbed the bronze
In the 10m men's air pistol event, Shahzar Rizvi bagged a gold while Omkar Singh and Jitu Rai won silver and bronze medals respectively.
#Shooting | Pooja Ghatkar and Anjum Moudgil win the gold and silver in 10m Air Rifle at Commonwealth C'ships with scores of 249.8 and 248.7. pic.twitter.com/0b8g58OqFc
— The Bridge (@TheBridge_IN) November 1, 2017
So far, India’s performance has been good. At the end of the second day, the squad has brought home as many as five medals, including two gold, two silver and one bronze medal.
Congrats Pooja Ghatkar. Great show to win GOLD IN 10m AR at Commonwealth Shooting Cship. Proud 2 support @OGQ_India pic.twitter.com/6fSzbdfc08
— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) November 1, 2017
Earlier, Heena Sidhu clinched gold in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event, while Deepak Kumar won a silver in the 10m air rifle event. Sidhu’s total score was 240.8 in the final to claim the top honours.
This is how a Gold medal winning performance looks like!
— OGQ (@OGQ_India) November 1, 2017
Pooja Ghatkar wins Gold in 10 m Air Rifle at the Commonwealth Shooting Championship pic.twitter.com/YX57KcqPcN
Pooja created history when she bagged the gold medal at the Asian Airgun Championship, Kuwait, in March 2014 . She defeated the World No. 1 and 2012 Olympic gold medallist to win the gold.
Mentored by Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, Pooja won a bronze medal in the women’s 10-metre air rifle event in March 2017. This was in her first appearance at the World Cup podium. Pooja clinched India’s first medal at the event.
Last year, Pooja had narrowly missed securing a berth in the Rio Olympics. She has proved her mettle with the Commonwealth Championship gold.
Way to go, Pooja!
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