Olympian Apurvi Chandela won a gold medal and a bronze in women’s air rifle in the Meyton Cup international shooting here.
Apurvi won the first competition with 252.2, as she beat qualification topper Aneta Brabcova (630.6) of the Czech Republic by 0.6 point. The scores of the both the shooters on the last two shots were identical at 10.5 and 10.7.
Apurvi’s earlier lead of 0.6 came handy after the Czech had reduced the gap from 1.3. Vinita Bhardwaj won the bronze with 230.1 as she missed a better medal by 0.3 point.
The results: Women’s air rifle: 1. Apurvi Chandela 252.2 (628.5); 2. Aneta Brabcova (Cze) 251.6 (630.6); 3. Vinita Bhardwaj 230.1 (628.4); 7. Anjum Moudgil 144.5 (628.8), 14. Meghana Sajjanar 626.6; 20. Shriyanka Sadangi 624.0.
Women’s air rifle-2: 1. Anastasia Galashina (Rus) 252.9 (629.9); 2. Iulia Karimova (Rus) 252.3 (630.4); 3. Apurvi Chandela 231.1 (630.3); 8. Vinita Bhardwaj 122.5 (628.2); 9. Anjum Moudgil 627.6; 20. Meghana Sajjanar 623.2.