Tejaswini Sawant shoots gold at World Championship
Tejaswini Sawant scripted history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships 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.
An elated Tejaswini said she only wanted to give her best in the event and was not event thinking about a medal let alone the world record.
“The way we were training, I thought I would be getting my personal best. I was not thinking about a medal or a world record. Having got both, I can’t even explain how I am feeling right now. It’s just amazing,” the shooter from Kolhapur said from Munich.
Tejaswini Sawant
Tejaswini Sawant (born: 12 September 1980) is an Indian shooter from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur. In 2006, she won gold medals in Women’s 10m Air Rifle singles and Women’s 10m Air Rifle Pairs (with Avneet Kaur Sidhu) events at the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne. She was selected to represent India at Commonwealth Games ahead of Asian Games gold medallist Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat and world record holder Suma Shirur after winning 5 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 5 bronze medals at the national championships. She has also represented India at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games in 2004 in Islamabad where she helped India win gold medal.
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August 8th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
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