Senior shooter Tejaswini Sawant out-staged Punjab’s Anjum Moudgil, in a battle of two Olympic quota holders, to win the Women’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions T1 trials, at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range on Monday.
The former world champion from Maharashtra, aced the qualifying field with 1171, before getting into a gritty up and down battle with her younger rival, to prevail with an effort of 458.7. Anjum finished with 457.8.
Earlier Anjum had qualified third with a 1167, behind Madhya Pradesh’s Sunidhi Chauhan, who shot 1168.
Haryana’s Nishchal, who took the final eighth qualifying spot, finished a creditable third in the finals, upstaging Lajja Gauswami, another senior shooter who made it to the finals.
