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Tejaswini Sawant Is India's First Woman Shooter To Win Gold At World Championships

New Delhi : Tejaswini Sawant on Sunday became the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championship by finishing on top with a world-record equalling score in the 50m Rifle

PTI Updated on: August 08, 2010 16:30 IST
tejaswini sawant is india s first woman shooter to win gold
tejaswini sawant is india s first woman shooter to win gold at world championships

New Delhi : Tejaswini Sawant on Sunday became the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championship by finishing on top with a world-record equalling score in the 50m Rifle Prone event in Munich, Germany.

Sawant shot a score of 597 (100,100,100,99,99,99), equalling the 1998 record set by Marina Bobkova of Russia.

The 29-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medallist was level with Poland's Ewa Joanna Nowakowska in the final score but managed to clinch the top honours with a better perfect score tally.

Kazakhstan's Olga Dovgun settled for the bronze with a score of 596. PTI

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