Asian Shooting Championship: Aakriti bags silver, Anjum takes bronze in 50m rifle 3 positions

Aakriti Dahiya (left) and Anjum Moudgil (right) with their medals on Tuesday. Pic/NRAI’s X Account

India's Aakriti Dahiya and Anjum Moudgil won the silver and bronze medal respectively in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions event at the Asian Shooting Championship here on Tuesday.

Kazakhstan shooter Sofiya Shulzhenko set a new world record in the same event enroute winning gold at the Karni Singh Range.

Sofiya ended the 35-shot final with a score of 358.2, four points clear of Aakriti. Aakriti's compatriot Anjum clinched the bronze medal with a score of 340.4.

Later in the junior women's 3P final, India's Prachi Gaikwad emerged triumphant with a score of 353.3.

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