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Manavjit eyes Commonwealth gold next year

High on confidence after bagging gold in the Asian Clay Shooting Championship, Olympian Manavjit Singh Sandhu is now aiming to better his 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze when Delhi hosts the quadrennial event next year.

Updated on: Oct 14, 2009 11:12 AM IST
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High on confidence after bagging gold in the Asian Clay Shooting Championship, Olympian Manavjit Singh Sandhu is now aiming to better his 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze when Delhi hosts the quadrennial event next year.

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"I am quite satisfied with the way my training programme is going. I won the bronze in 2006 Melbourne Games and would strive for an improved medal next year when Delhi hosts the Games," Manavjit told PTI.

However, Manavjit said he is yet to work out his specific plans for the event as he is focussed on the tournaments leading up to the Games for now.

"Yes, Commonwealth Games is certainly an important event. But I am yet to finalise anything specific for that. For now, I am concentrating on the upcoming events and want to put up a good performance there which will boost my confidence," he said.

The marksman, who won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007, shot 121 out of a maximum 125 to bag the trap event gold at the Asian Clay Shooting Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan earlier this month.

 
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