Pune: World No 8 Anjum Moudgil shot well above the finals World Record to score a fantastic victory in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle on the opening day of the 12th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Competition at the Dr Karni Singh Ranges in Tughlakabad, near Delhi on Monday.
Top 15 leading shooters of the country in each shooting discipline by scores are eligible to compete at this elite competition.
Punjab shooter Anjum, who has already won a Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota in the event for the country, shot 253.9 in the finals, a full point ahead of India teammate and World No 1 Apurvi Chandela’s mark of 252.9, set at the New Delhi World Cup stage earlier this year.
Silver medalist Mehuli Ghosh of Bengal, missed Apurvi’s mark in the women’s final by 0.7 but made sure to go past it in the junior women’s final, which she won with a score of 253.
Elavenil Valarivan won silver in junior section with a score of 252.4.
Besides top class shooting by the women, India regular Ravi Kumar of the Indian Air Force won the Men’s 10m Air Rifle event.
