September 5, 2015 7:57 PM

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ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Finals: Apurvi clinches silver medal

Young Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela has clinched the silver medal in women's 10 metre air rifle event of the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Finals in Munich today. The 22-year-old Jaipur girl finished second on the podium after she tallied 206.9, just 0.6 points behind Ahmadi Elaheh of Iran, who won the gold medal with a tally of 207.5. Andrea Arsovic of Serbia bagged the bronze after prevailing in a shoot-off with Croatia's Valentina Gustin. The reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist has already earned the country a quota place for next year's Rio Olympics by claiming the 10 metre air rifle bronze at the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) in Changwon, Korea, in April. Shooters with 10 best scores in each event of the year's four World Cups are entitled to compete in the finals. London Olympic bronze medallist Gagan Narang and Gurpreet Singh had earlier reached the finals of their respective events in the tournament, but missed out on medals.

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