15-year old shooter Anish Bhanwala wins gold; Tejaswini Sawant gives another gold

15-year old shooting sensation Anish Bhanwala won the coveted Commonwealth gold in his Games debut in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Australia’s Sergei Evglevski claimed the silver with 28, while the bronze medal went to Sam Gowin (17) of England.

Anish shot a Games record score of 30 to win the finals and become the youngest Indian gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games. He bettered team-mate Manu Bhaker, who had become the youngest Indian Commonwealth Games gold medallist earlier this week when she emerged champion in the 10m air rifle finals.

Another Shooting gold came when Tejaswini Sawant won the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position finals, followed by Anjum Moudgil with silver. Sawant shot a Games record total of 457.9 for her second medal of the Gold Coast Games and seventh overall. She claimed silver in the women’s 50m Rifle Prone in this year’s Games.