Tejaswini Sawant tops MQS round in 50M Rifle Prone in European Shooting Championship

Four Indians in Prone Position action  at Osijek, Croatia

Tejaswini Sawant

Khel Today Bureau

NEW DELHI: Seasoned campaigner and former World Champion Tejaswini Sawant, topped the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) section of the 50M Rifle Prone event, at the on-going European Shooting Championship in Osijek, Croatia, on Thursday. Tejaswini, in her first MQS outing at the Championship, shot 622.7 to finish ahead of three other compatriots and six Iranians, lined up for the MQS section, where Shooters compete for official scores only and not medals.

The Maharashtra Rifle shooter will be representing India in the Women’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions event at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in July, which will also be her maiden Olympics.

Among the three other Indians in fray, youngster Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar was second best with a score of 620.3 after 60-shots. Sanjeev Rajput shot 619.7 while Anjum Moudgil shot 619.2.

Henrik Larsen of Norway shot the top score among Regulars and MQS combined, coming up with an effort of 628.8. The Prone event is no longer an Olympic event and as such was also held as an open event.

The 13-member Indian Olympic Pistol and Rifle squad are on a training and competition trip to Croatia, from where they will directly reach Tokyo for the games.