ISSF World Cup 2019: Apurvi Chandela wins gold in 10m air rifle

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New Delhi : Apurvi Chandela was the only Indian to make it to the first final of the season-opening International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in New Delhi as she qualified for the women’s 10m air rifle final on Saturday.

The 26-year-old Apurvi Chandela  was placed fourth out of the eight finalists with a total score of 629.3 after qualification at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

The other two Indians in the fray – Anjum Moudgil and Elavenil Valarivan – finished 12th (628) and 30th (625.3) respectively.

China’s Ruozhu Zhao topped the chart with a qualification World Record score of 634.

India have already clinched the maximum of two Olympic quota sports for Tokyo 2020 in this category, when Moudgil and Chandela has finished second and fourth respectively at the 2018 World Championship in Changwon.

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