Shooting World Cup: Anjum wins silver in women's Rifle 3P
(Sourced from PTI)
Indian shooter Anjum Moudgil clinched a silver medal in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was Anjum's first World Cup medal as she battled windy conditions to shoot 454.2 in the 45-shot final to finish behind former junior world champion China's Ruijiao Pei (455.4). Another Chinese, Ting Sun claimed bronze.
This was India's eighth medal in the competition and the first silver after having won three golds and four bronze medals already, for their best ISSF World Cup performance by far. India thus remained on top of the medals tally with eight medals. Anjum remained in medal contention from the beginning of the final and at the end of the 15-shot kneeling position.
She pulled into the lead after the second 5-shot prone position series, which followed the kneeling position and was 0.9 points clear of German world number one Jolyn Beer at the end of it. After the 15-shot prone series, Anjum was still in the lead. However, after the 10th shot of the last standing series, Anjum had gone down to the fourth position.
