Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela not only won a gold in the woman's 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand prix but also set a new world record ! She scored 211.2 in the event , thus surpassing the highest ever score of 211 scored by the Chinese Gold Medalist Yi Siling .
The silver and bronze went to Swedish shooters Astrid Steffensen (207.6) and Stine Nielsen (185.0).
Chandela said , " This gold at Sweden has further strengthened my resolve to bag a medal at the Rio Olympics this year , The support , encouragement and wishes received from my well wishers from Rajasthan has stood me in good stead in various international tournaments ."
Chandela's past achievements include four medals at the Intershoot Championship at The Hague and a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
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