Moudgil finishes disappointing sixth in Munich World Cup
NEWDELHI: India’s Anjum Moudgil reached her second International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Word Cup stage final of the year, only to finish a disappointing sixth in the women’s Rifle 3-Position event at Munich on Sunday.
Competing on day four of the year’s fourth and final ISSF World Cup Rifle/pistol stage, Anjum became India’s third finalist of the competition when she shot 1177 in qualifying to make it to the eight-woman final in sixth position. She remained in the contention for a medal till the 40th shot of the 45-shot final, but a 9.2 on her 41st meant she finished in the same position in which she had qualified. She bowed out of the final with a score of 413.4.
The 35-year old Iranian, Elaheh Ahmadi, the oldest shooter in the final, won the gold with a final round score of 455.4.
SHUBHANKAR TIED 38TH, LAHIRI 56TH
FORT WORTH, USA: India’s Shubhankar Sharma shot a fine fourunder 66 to make a smart upward move in the third round of the Fort Worth Invitational golf tournament at the Colonial late here. The 21-year-old is now three-under 207 for 54 holes and it lying tied 38th, a sharp rise from his overnight tied 60th place.
Senior colleague, Anirban Lahiri, who also started the third round at one-over, recovered well with three birdies over the last five holes and ended the day at two-under 68 and a total of oneunder 209 in tied 56th place, which was still four places better than his previous tied 60th spot.
Justin Rose, the 2013 US Open winner and Olympic gold medallist in 2016, carded 66 and moved to 14-under to take a four-shot lead over a resurgent Emilian Grillo (69) and 2017 US Open champion, Brooks Koepka (67).
BIG TEST AWAITS ANAND IN NORWAY
STAVANGER,NORWAY: Desperate to reclaim a place in the top ten, world rapid champion Viswanathan Anand would target a podium finish in a tough field at the Altibox Norway super tournament, beginning here.
If recent records are anything to go by, Anand is likely to stage a comeback of sorts. It has been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the Indian in the last year or so but he has risen back to where he belonged every single time.
Anand is coming here from a Bundesliga game in Germany where he helped his team Baden OS win the title for 12th time in last 13 years.
But the statisticians have a hard job on hand finding out when was the last time Anand started as the lowest seed on rating in any super tournament. It will be a different challenge in a different setting for the multipletime world champion across formats. The top eight of the world top ten are part of the field and the other two players in are two biggest names who just dropped out of the top ten - Anand and Levon Aronian of Armenia.