World Championship  

Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat was on Sunday ruled out of the prestigious championship after suffering an elbow injury during practice

'I am very happy that I'm receiving the Khel Ratna. I had an inkling that I will get it but with the Asian Games miss, I was not sure. My mother was very nervous for me, she kept on calling every hour to ask if I had heard something,' Mirabai Chanu said

Defending world champion Mirabai Chanu, who is in Mumbai undergoing treatment for her lower-back injury, will also join her fellow lifters in the rehabilitation camp

India were placed third in the medals tally with 11 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 27, making this their best performance in the showpiece.

16-year-old Udhayveer Singh has shined bright with an individual gold in the junior men’s 25mm pistol event

India is placed fourth in the overall medals' tally with seven gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 22 at the premier International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) showpiece, which is also the first qualifying event for the 2020 Olympic Games

The ongoing championship is the first qualifying event for the 2020 Olympics but since 50m pistol is no longer a part of the Games roster, there were no quota places to be sealed

Anjum Moudgil finished second on the podium behind South Korean Hana Im and ahead of bronze-medallist Eunhea Jung also from South Korea.

Saina Nehwal, who has Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth medals, has now clinched her maiden Asiad medal. She is at least assured of bronze

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