Tejeswani claims sixth gold

For Tejeswani, it was not the medals or the competition that mattered. Only the scores did. And 686.7 and 99.7 was not below her expectation today.

8220;The scores were very satisfying, but more importantly I was happy with the way I handled the pressure. The competition was more within oneself to shoot the perfect score,8221; said Tejeswani.

And the field, minus Anjali Bhagawat and Suma Shirur, was by no means a weak one. 8220;Yes Anjali didi and Suma didi were not there but the field was quite strong. Avneet Kaur, Kuheli Ganguly and Anuja Jung are all international shooters so one can imagine how tough the competition was,8221; added Tejeswani.

And six golds? 8220;That was something I never expected,8221; the shooter added.

Behind Tejeswani, were Avneet and Kuheli who took the silver and bronze, respectively, in 50m sport rifle three-position.

In the team competition however, it was Maharashtra with gold and surprise packet Manipur with silver and Services Sports Control Board with bronze.

Services however made it up in the men8217;s 25m rapid fire pistol event winning all the three medals up for grabs. Vijay Kumar, Pemba Tamang and Ram Kishan took gold, silver and bronze respectively in that order.