Anjum Moudgil clinches gold medal in women's 50m rifle 3 positions at National Shooting Championships

Thiruvananthapuram: India’s number one women’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooter Anjum Moudgil defended her crown in the event at the 62nd National Shooting Championship Competitions on Sunday. [caption id=“attachment_5012611” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Anjum Modgil. Reuters[/caption] Punjab’s Anjum shot 458.6 in the finals to finish ahead of seasoned Tejaswini Sawant of Maharashtra, who managed 457.7. Sunidhi Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh won the bronze medal with a finals score of 443.0. Moudgil, who had won five gold in the last nationals and recently won a Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota place for her country, had earlier shot 1168 in the qualification to top the field. Tejaswini had finished second in qualification with a score of 1163.