Anjum Moudgil was the joint-first Indian shooter to seal a Tokyo Olympics quota when she won a women’s 10m air rifle back at the 2018 ISSF ...
Anjum Moudgil was the joint-first Indian shooter to seal a Tokyo Olympics quota when she won a women’s 10m air rifle back at the 2018 ISSF Shooting World Championships in Changwon.
Yet, she won’t be competing in that category at the upcoming Games as per the squad announced for the Summer Games.
Almost three years since winning the quota in a breakthrough year, Moudgil will be heading to Tokyo to represent India in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions and the 10m air rifle mixed team.
The women’s 10m air rifle is perhaps the most competitive shooting discipline in India and even when the maximum of two quota spots were won by Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela in the very first Olympics qualifying event, there were talks about the clash it would potentially generate. Remember, in shooting, the quota spots are earned by the country and not the athlete so the NOC can pick any shooter to represent.
It would indeed prove to be the case.
The National Rifle Association of India’s Olympic selection policy made it clear that Elavenil Valarivan, the world No 1 in the discipline, will take the slot along with Chandela. It’s a practical solution given Moudgil, unlike Chandela, has always competed in 3P as well, even if it is not her most successful event.
Pragmatic approach
Moudgil is pragmatic...
