Anjum equals world record in qualification, Babuta 20th

munich, May 26

Chandigarh’s Anjum Moudgil shot a record-equalling 1180 points to make it to the qualification round of the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the ISSF World Cup in Munich on Saturday.  

In the elimination, Anjum accumulated 395 points in the kneeling position, while she gathered an equal number of points in the prone position before adding another 390 points in the standing position to equal the qualifying record set by Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia last month.

The qualification round followed by the final will be held on Sunday. Ravi Kumar missed out on making it to his third ISSF Word Cup final of the year by 0.6 points as he finished 13th in the men’s 10m air rifle event. 

Ravi shot a score of 628.6 in the 60-shots qualification round, missing out on the eight-man final by 0.6 points. Illia Charheika of Belarus won the gold medal while Russia’s Vladimir Maslennikov bagged the silver. 

Jalalabad shooter Arjun Babuta and Deepak Kumar shot 627.7 and 627.4 to finish 20th and 25th, respectively, in the 10m air rifle qualification. The women’s 10m air pistol and the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol final will be held on Sunday. — PTI