Apurvi Chandela News
The Games will now open on July 23, 2021, with the closing ceremony scheduled on August 8, 2021.
Chandela has decided to donate Rs 3 lakh to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's CARES Fund and Rs 2 lakh to Rajasthan Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Chandela shot a score of 251.4 to take the top medal in the event.
A total of 38 Olympic quotas will be up for grabs at the tournament in Doha.
Ace shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary defeated their Indian opponents Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma to claim the gold in 10m air pistol mixed team event.
The Indian duo defeated the Ukraine pair of Olena Kostevych and Oleh Omelchuk in the summit showdown of 10m air pistol mixed team event to take the top honours.
The shooter from Jaipur shot a score of 251 in the final to outshine Wang Luyao of China, who shot 250.8, to settle for the silver medal. Another Chinese shooter, Xu Hong, finished third with a score of 229.4 in the final.
The rifle ace from Jaipur is among the five Indian shooters to have already secured 2020 Olympics quotas for the country.
World record holder Apurvi, in fact, topped the qualification charts with 630.9 after 60 shots.
The three Indians in the fray, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Ravi Kumar and Deepak Kumar finished 12th, 14th and 34th, respectively in 10m air rifle event.
The 16-year-old, who was competing with eight other shooters in the final of the event, posted a world record score of 245 to take the top honors.
Chandela made the country proud at the Dr Karni Shooting Range in New Delhi, shattering the world record by shooting a total of 252.9 points.
Chandela made the country proud at the Dr Karni Shooting Range in New Delhi, shattering a world record by shooting a total of 252.9 points.
With the win, Chandela has picked her third individual medal at a World Cup stage.
The second day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 20, Monday.
India’s Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela bagged bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Mixed event in the 18th edition of Asian Games on Sunday. The other contenders in the event were China, Mongolia, Taipei and Korea.
Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela had a gold medal in her grasp before a slip up in the 19th shot pushed her outside the medal bracket at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage in Munich.
Indian shooters proved to be an epic failure in a disastrous Rio Olympic Games as the 12-member team, with the exception of Bindra, failed miserably to live up to the sky-high expectations.
Jitu Rai's failure summed up India's sagging fortunes at the world greatest sporting spectacle.
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