Tejaswini bags silver in women’s 50m rifle prone

Martina Lindsay Veloso of Singapore wins gold with Tejaswini Sawant of India winning silver and Seonaid McIntosh of Scotland winning bronze in the Women's 50m Rifle Prone event during Shooting on day eight of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Belmont Shooting Centre on April 12, 2018 in Brisbane, Australia.

Tejaswini Sawant helped India to a silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle prone at Brisbane on Thursday.

The 37-old-old former World champion shot 618.9 points to land her first CWG medal in eight years, after winning two golds in Melbourne 2006 and two silvers and a bronze in New Delhi 2010.

Tejaswini had a sequence of 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7 and 104.6, while Anjum Moudgil was placed 16th, in a field of 20, with a 602.2 (98.3, 98.9, 97.9, 101.8, 101.8 and 103.5).

In men’s 25m rapid fire pistol, India’s Neeraj Kumar was in lead after the first stage with a 291, having shot 97, 100 and 94 through the eight, six and four seconds series.

Anish Bhanwala was placed third with 286 (08, 98, 90).

The results:

Women’s 50m rifle prone: 1. Martina Linday Veloso (Sgp), 621.0 (GR), 2. Tejaswini Sawant (Ind), 618.9, 3. Seonaid Mcintosh (Sco), 618.1; 16. Anjum Moudgil (Ind), 602.2.