JAIPUR: City girl
Apurvi Chandela
hit a historic bullseye on Wednesday when she became the world number one 10m air rifle woman shooter.
In the world rankings released on the day, Chandela tops the list with 1926 points. Incidentally, another Indian Anjum Moudgal is placed second.
Anjali Bhagwat
is the only Indian woman to have topped this list in the past.
Chandela is also the 10th Indian to become world number one in any
shooting
events. She joins the likes of
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore,
Gagan Narang
,
Jitu Rai,
Heena Sidhu among others.
Chandela expressed her happiness and said the ultimate test would be the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Chandela, who has already earned a quota place for the Olympics, has been very consistent in the recent past. She won the
ISSF World Cup
gold in New Delhi earlier this year.
She returned to the city from China on Tuesday night after an event in China and is currently preparing for the
Munich World Cup
later this month.
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