July 15, 2021 8:57 AM | Tokyo Olympics

printer

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

With 9 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, AIR today will take a look at India's 50m women's Rifle team consisting of Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant.<br />'' <b></b><br />''Born on January 05, 1994 in Chandigarh, Anjum Moudgil is ranked No. 27 in the world. Anjum first shot into prominence by winning a silver at the ISSF World Cup Guadalajara in 2018 in 50m Rifle Three Position. She followed it up with a silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the same event. But by far the biggest moment of her career came in 10m Air Rifle at the 2018 World Championships. There she won a silver in both individual and team and was one of the first Indians to secure qualification for the Tokyo.<br />'' <br />''She reached numerous 10m air rifle finals in 2018 and 2019 and won two golds in air rifle Mixed along with Divyansh Singh Panwar at the 2019 ISSF World Cups of Beijing and Munich.<br />'' <br />''On the other hand, born on September 12, 1980 at Kolhapur in Maharashtra, Tejaswini Sawant is currently ranked No. 28 in the world.<br />'' <br />''Tejaswini Sawant's name is revered in Indian shooting circles ever since she won gold and broke a glass ceiling for Indian women at the 2010 World Championships.<br />'' <br />''Tejaswini was already a renowned shooter before then — as she had won an ISSF World Cup medal in 2009 and a few Commonwealth and Asian medals — but the 2010 Worlds win marked yet another landmark moment in Indian shooting history just 2 years after Abhinav Bindra's Olympic gold.<br />'' <br />''The ensuing decade though was full of ups and downs; Tejaswini failed to qualify for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and had to miss many competitions due to personal reasons.<br />''<br />''She however refused to give up and retire. In 2018, she enjoyed a fairy-tale comeback after winning gold and silver at the Commonwealth Games and earned her first Olympic qualification through the 2019 Asian Championships. Together with Sanjeev Rajput and Mairaj Ahmad Khan, she will be representing the old guard in a sport that has only got younger.<br />

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.