Olympian Anjum Moudgil continued her excellence by winning a bronze medal in the 50m rifle three positions event at the Shooting World Cup in Changwon, Korea on Sunday.
The 28-year-old Anjum, who won an air rifle silver at the World Championships, was winning her second consecutive medal in the World Cup series after a silver in the Baku World Cup.
It was the third World Cup individual medal in the 3-position event for Anjum, who qualified in sixth place with 586 and missed a fighting chance for gold by 0.5 points.
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In the men’s rifle three position team event, Czech Republic defeated India 16-12 to win the gold medal. The trio of Chain Singh, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput had topped the second leg three points above the check, but the latter had the last laugh.
In men’s skeet, Olympian Mairaj Ahmed Khan scored 72 points to finish 11th after rounds of 24, 23 and 25. Italy’s Eric Pittini and Kuwait’s Abdullah Alrashidy led with 74. Two more rounds of shooting will take place on Monday, followed by the medal rounds.
India continues to top the medal tally with four gold, five silver and two bronze medals, among the 20 countries that have managed to make the list. Hosts Korea finished second with three gold, one silver and one bronze. Serbia finished third with three golds.
Result: 50m Rifle 3-Position: Women: 1. Anna Janssen (Ger) 16 (407.7) 590; 2. Barbara Gambaro (Ita) 10 (403.4) 585; 3. Anjum Moudgil 402.9 (586); 17. Jharna Kaur Samra 582; 35. Ashi Chouksey 578.
Team Men: 1. Czech Republic (Philip Napezchal, Petr Nimburski, Jiri Privratsky) 16 (875) 1322; 2. India (Chen Singh, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Sanjeev Rajput) 12 (878) 1313; 3. Australia 16 (872) 1306; 4. Japan 6 (868) 1296.
25m Sports Pistol: 1. Singapore 17 (438) 875; 2. Thailand 9 (433) 865; 3. Korea 16 (430) 866; 4. Japan 2 (429) 859.