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Tejaswini Sawant, the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships, met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in Mumbai on Thursday.
Sawant, accompanied by Kolhapur 'Sampark Pramukh' of Sena, Arun Dudhwalkar, met the Sena chief at Matoshree, his suburban residence in Bandra.
The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday had congratulated Sawant for her feat at the World Championships in Munich, Germany, where she shot a world-record equalling score of 597 (100,100,100,99,99,99) in the 50m Rifle Prone event to finish on top.
She equalled the 1998 record, set by Marina Bobkova of Russia.
The Sena chief lauded Tejaswini's achievement at the World Championships and promised to help her financially.
He�used the occasion to attack Suresh Kalmadi, chief of the Commonwealth Games' organizing committee.
"Kalmadi has ruined the Games. What should I say about mismanagement of the Commonwealth Games event and criticism the country is facing. Ask Delhi about it," Thackeray said while replying a query on the alleged corruption scandal that has hit the Games.
"He (Kalmadi) is not a trustworthy person. He had come to me after leaving Congress (in late 90s) and I told him to stay here properly but in vain," Thackeray said.