2018 Commonwealth Games: Tejaswini Sawant bags women’s 50m rifle prone silver

Tejaswini Sawant shot a score of 618.9 in her six rounds to claim silver in the women’s 50m rifle prone at the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG 2018) in Gold Coast.

The seasoned Tejaswini Sawant brought her years of experience into play en route to claiming the silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle prone event of the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. (CWG LIVE UPDATES)

With the silver in the women’s 50m rifle prone event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Tejaswini Sawant now has a total of six CWG medals across three editions (Melbourne 2006, Delhi 2010 and Gold Coast 2018). (HT Photo)

Tejaswini shot 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7, 104.6 for a cumulative score of 618.9 over six series to claim her six CWG medal.

Young Anjum Moudgil, the other Indian shooter in the fray, finished a lowly 16th with 602.2.

Singapore’s rifle ace Martina Lindsay Veloso won the gold medal with a Games record 621.0, while Seonaid Mcintosh of Scotland bagged the bronze with 618.1 at the Belmont Shooting centre here.

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The 37-year-old former world champion was placed second after four series even as Moudgil faced elimination. She maintained her position at the end of the fifth series and ensured another medal for India with a final-series score of 104.6, her best effort of the day.

When Delhi hosted the Commonwealth Games eight years ago, the Kohlapur-born shooter won silver in 50 rifle prone singles and bronze in 50 m rifle prone pairs along with Meena Kumari.

In the same Games, she also bagged silver in 50 m rifle 3 positions event along with Lajjakumari Goswami.