Tokyo: In another shooting disappointment, India’s Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant failed to qualify for the finals of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event at the Tokyo Olympics. Moudgil and Sawant finished 15th and 33rd respectively on Saturday.
World Championship silver-medallist Moudgil began well in kneeling and prone, but she was unable to maintain that pace, shooting 382 in the standing. Moudgil finished with 1167 points and 54 inner 10s.
On the other hand, the veteran Sawant scored 1154 points in three standing, kneeling, and prone series at the Asaka Shooting Range. She miserably failed the kneeling test, which pushed her further into disqualification. She did well in prone, scoring 394 points, and also in standing with 376 points.
Meanwhile, Yulia Zykova of the Russian Olympic Committee set an Olympic qualification record with 1182 points in the event. In addition, she won silver in the final, while Nina Christen of Switzerland won gold. Karimova Yulia of the Russian Olympic Committee bagged bronze.
