Apurvi wins year's second women's 10m Air Rifle WC gold
India's Apurvi Chandela continued her golden run of form, winning the women's 10m Air Rifle after a closely-fought contest on Sunday at the year's third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage in Munich, Germany.
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.
It was a neck-and-neck battle between Apurvi and Wang, where the Indian was just 0.1 ahead as she shot a 10.4 to Wang's 10.3 to clinch the issue.
This was Apurvi's second ISSF World Cup gold of the year followed by a world record score in New Delhi in February.
In the second Beijing leg she had finished just outside the medal bracket -- at fourth place.
This was also Apurvi's career's fourth ISSF medal.
Another Indian in the fray today, Elavenil Valarivan also made it to the finals along with teammate Apurvi but narrowly .