Tejaswini Sawant scores silver in 50m rifle prone
India shooter Tejaswini Sawant won silver medal in women’s 50m Rifle Prone final in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Thursda, finishing behind Singapore’s Martina Lindsay Veloso.
Her medal on Thursday at the Belmont Shooting Centre is India’s 25th, and with Neeraj Kumar and teenage pistol sensation Anish Bhanwala placed first and third respectively after Stage 1 of qualifying in the men’s 25pm rapid fire pistol event, India looks in line for more shooting medals.
This is the sixth CWG medal for 37-year-old Sawant, following two golds in 2006 and a pair of silvers and a bronze in 2010. A gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in 10m air rifle singles and pairs with Avneet Kaur Sidhu events, Tejaswini is also the first Indian to clinch a gold in world championship in 2010.
Indian wrestlers Sushil, Rahul and Babita enter gold medal round
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar advanced to the gold medal match in men’s freestyle 74kg match after winning three one-sided bouts at the Carrara Sports Arena here on Thursday.
I have reached the finals by beating Connor Evans of Australia by 4-0. All set to bring the gold for my Nation in #CWG2018 #JaiHind
— Sushil Kumar (@WrestlerSushil) April 12, 2018
Other Indian wrestlers Rahul Aware and Babita Kumari entered the final of their respective categories in the freestyle competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Gold Coast on Thursday.
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