When my two-decade-long sporting career came to a close with a fourth-place finish at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 — as I missed bronze by a whisker — what could have been a moment of crushing disappointment, was in fact one filled with immense gratitude. Rivals, teammates, coaches, people from all parts of the world […]
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Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan have gained entry in both the air pistol and sports pistol events in the Indian team for the World Cup to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from May 8 to 15. In the team announced by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Friday, T.S. Divya is the other […]
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Focused: Manu rallied remarkably well after a mediocre start. | Photo Credit: A.M. FARUQUI Two years is quite a long time. For Manu Bhaker, the duration would have seemed longer. When the 21-year-old shooter waved at the crowd after the 25m sports pistol event during the ongoing ISSF World Cup, relief was writ large on […]
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Divya T.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the air pistol event at the 65th National shooting championship in Bhopal on Monday, December 12, 2022. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Divya T.S. beat Sanskriti Bana 16-14 to clinch the women’s air pistol gold in the 65th National shooting championship that concluded at the Madhya […]
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Rhythm and Vijayveer acknowledge their success. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rhythm Sangwan and Vijayveer Sidhu won the mixed air pistol gold, by outclassing Irina Yunusmetova and Valeriy Rakhimzhan of Kazakhstan 17-3, in the 15th Asian Airgun championship which concluded in Daegu, Korea, on Friday. With Manu Bhaker and Samrat Rana winning the junior mixed […]
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Manu Bhaker, Shikha Narwal, Esha Singh proudly show off their medals. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Indian junior women’s team, comprising Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Shikha Narwal, won the air pistol gold beating Korea 16-12, after being consistently on top in the two stages of qualification, in the Asian Airgun championship in Daegu, […]
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Rhythm Sangwan beat compatriot Palak Ghulia 16-8 for the gold in women’s air pistol in the 15th Asian Airgun championship in Daegu, Korea, on Wednesday. Both the shooters stepped it up in the second stage of qualification after modest scores in the first phase, to outwit the much better-scoring Koreans. Kim Bomi, who shot 588 […]
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It was another memorable day for India as it won three gold medals in the Asian Airgun championship in Daegu, Korea, on Monday. Mehuli Ghosh and Arjun Babuta beat the second Indian team of Elavenil Valarivan and Kiran Jadhav 16-10 for the mixed air rifle gold. It was the same story in the junior mixed […]
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Mehuli Ghosh beat Cho Eunyoung of Korea 16-12 to clinch the women’s air rifle gold in the Asian airgun championship in Daegu, Korea, on Saturday. Mehuli had qualified in the second place behind Keum Jihyeon of Korea, who shot an Asian record 634.4. In the second stage, Mehuli inched closer to Cho Eunyoung but qualified […]
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The National record holder is training in Chennai for this month’s Nationals in Thiruvananthapuram The National record holder is training in Chennai for this month’s Nationals in Thiruvananthapuram She came very close to the Olympic quota for Rio 2016 but when Elizabeth Susan Koshy returns to the National shooting championships in Thiruvananthapuram later this month […]
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