Apurvi Chandela bags air rifle gold
Apurvi Chandela won the women’s gold in air rifle in the 59th National shooting championship on Tuesday.
Geetakshi Dixit clinched the silver, one point behind Apurvi.
In a lively final, it was Anjum Moudgil who led throughout before she stumbled with shots of 9.6 and 9.9 that left her clutching the bronze medal.
Apurvi had a 0.4 point lead over Geetakshi before the last two shots. Apurvi responded with shots of 10.0 and 10.6, while Geetakshi delivered the first shot that was not a 10 in the final.
“I was nervous initially, but I settled to shoot a good final. I am very happy with the medal, as I did not expect anything”, said Geetakshi. Read More
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