Shooter Tejaswini Sawant Bags Gold At Munich World Cup

This season has proven brilliant for veteran women’s rifle shooter Tejaswini Sawant. The latest feather in her cap is a gold in the women’s 50m Rifle Prone event on the opening day of ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage in Munich.

India opens its medal account at the #ISSF #MunichWorldCup with a gold by Tejaswini Sawant & silver by Anjum Moudgil in 50m Rifle Prone Women. Chain Singh wins silver in Men's 50m rifle prone event. #issf @IndiaSports @ISSF_Shooting pic.twitter.com/3iY56zcBlB

— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) May 24, 2018

Sawant went ahead in the game by shooting 621.4 to a much younger teammate Anjum Moudgil, who shot 621.2 to win Silver in the event.

Sawant made an incredible start this year when she shot gold at the recently-concluded Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia

Another Indian in the fray, Chain Singh, also won a silver in the men’s 50m Rifle Prone event, shooting a score of 627.9 to finish behind USA’s Matthew Emmons, who took gold with a score of 628.9.

Thrilled that one more talented daughter of Maharashtra made the nation proud in global sports. #TejaswiniSawant won gold in Women’s 50m Rifle Prone event on the opening day of #ISSF Shooting World Cup in Munich. Congrats and best wishes to Tejaswini & her family! #YoungIndia pic.twitter.com/JmN9iw46Ob

— Vijay Darda (@vijayjdarda) May 24, 2018

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Along with her, Shreya Saxena also gave a good run and finished ninth in the women’s Prone event with a score of 619.1. Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput shot scores of 621.7 and 621.2 to end in 32nd and 34th positions respectively in the men’s event.

GOLD🥇 FOR INDIA 🇮🇳
CONGRATULATIONS GOLDEN GIRL! #TejaswiniSawant won Gold in the Women’s 50m Rifle Prone event, on the opening day of #ISSF Shooting World Cup in  Munich. pic.twitter.com/Yu21T8Zuby

— Doordarshan National दूरदर्शन नेशनल (@DDNational) May 23, 2018

The 37-year old Tejaswini was a gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 10m air rifle singles and pair events. The Arjuna awardee is also the first Indian to clinch a gold in the world championship in 2010. Again, at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, she bagged the silver in 50 rifle prone singles and bronze in 50 m rifle prone along with Meena Kumari. She also bagged a silver in 50 m rifle 3 positions event along with Lajjakumari Goswami at the 2010 CWG.

Kudos to you, Tejaswini!

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