Sydney: Ace rifle shooter Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat won the bronze medal in sport rifle three position in the ISSF World Cup at Sydney, Australia, today (March 5, 2004).

Anjali shot 97.6 in the final following her 582 in the preliminary round to finish with 679.6 points and claim the third place.

Czech Republic's Katerina Kurkova won the gold with 683 points (581+ 102) and China's Rongxue Chen took the silver with (586 + 95.8).

This was Anjali's first World Cup medal in sport rifle but she has won a number of medals in her pet event - the 10-m air rifle.

Earlier this week, Anjali had ended outside the medal bracket and finished fifth in 10-m air rifle.

The other Indians in the fray, Suma Shirur, finished 25th with 567 points and Deepali Deshpande (565) ended 26th in a field of 29.

This was India's second medal from the World Cup after Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the double trap gold yesterday.