CWG 2018: Tejaswini Sawant wins Silver in 50m Rifle Prone event

  • Ujwal Singh
  • Gold Coast
  • April 12, 2018
  • UPDATED 11:11 IST

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Tejawini Sawant won 50m Rifle Prone Silver with a total of 618.9
  • Singapore's ML Veloso won Gold with Games record of 621
  • India now have 25 medals including 12 Gold, 5 Silver and 8 Bronze
Tejaswini Sawant's Silver is India's 12 medal in shooting at 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Photo courtesy @Media_SAI)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Tejawini Sawant won 50m Rifle Prone Silver with a total of 618.9
  • Singapore's ML Veloso won Gold with Games record of 621
  • India now have 25 medals including 12 Gold, 5 Silver and 8 Bronze

Tejaswini Sawant bagged Silver in women's 50m Rifle Prone event to give India's its first medal on Day 8 of the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast.

The 37-year-old finished with a total of 618.9 to finish second in the shooting event. Singapore's ML Veloso took Gold with a Games record of 621 while Scotland's Seonaid McIntosh won Bronze with a total of 618.1.

This was India's 12th medal in shooting. India continue to remain third in the medals' tally with 25 medals including 12 Gold, 5 Silver and 8 Bronze.

The medals' tally is set to soar as Sushil Kumar and two other wrestlers entered final of the discipline on Thursday.

Sushi (74kg), the defending champion, scored easy victories over Canada's Jevon Balfour and Pakistan's Muhammad Asad Butt by technical superiority before scoring a victory by fall over Australia's Connor Evans.

He will be taking on South Africa's Johannes Botha in the last summit clash later today.

Babita Phogat (53kg) also made the final and set up a clash with Canada's Diana Weicker after notching up wins over Nigeria's Samuel Bose, Sri Lanka's Deepika Dilhani, and Australia's Carissa Holland.

Rahul Aware (57kg) also had a smooth passage into the final with comprehensive wins over England's George Ramm, Australia's Thomas Cicchini and Pakistan's Muhammad Bilal.

He will face Canada's Steven Takahashi in the final.

Kiran (76kg) will compete for the bronze medal after an early loss to nigeria's Blessing Onyebuchi.

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