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Yashaswini clinches top spot in pistol, Martin wins 10m air rifle
By Indo Asian News Service | New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 31, 2020 03:46 PM IST
Tokyo Olympic quota winner Martin Strempfl of Austria shot 253.8 (one point more than the World Record) to claim the top spot in 10m air rifle.
Indian shooters go from top of the world to unsure times
By Navneet Singh and Avishek Roy | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2020 01:58 PM IST
If Tokyo 2020 had not been postponed by the pandemic, Indian shooters would have headed for the Olympics confident of pulling off their best ever show.
Manu shoots gold in Asian Championship, Deepak bags Olympic quota
By Avishek Roy | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 05, 2019 11:24 PM IST
Manu Bhaker (244.3) defeated Asian Games champion from China Wang Qian (242.8) to win gold in the in women’s 10m air pistol.
Mehuli Ghosh wins women’s 10m air rifle title in National Shooting Trials
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 10, 2019 11:47 PM IST
Anhad Jawanda and Parul Kumar won the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol and men’s 50m rifle 3 positions title respectively at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Record 14 Indians to compete in year-end ISSF World Cup Finals
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 04, 2019 09:01 PM IST
In the prestigious tournament held annually, some of the year’s best shooters compete in each of the eight rifle/pistol Olympic events.
Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary win gold, unprecedented finish for India
By Press Trust of India | Rio de Janeiro
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2019 06:27 AM IST
Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma won the silver as India picked up the maximum possible medals on the final day of the tournament.
Anish Bhanwala wins 25m rapid fire pistol gold at Junior World Cup
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 17, 2019 11:41 PM IST
Competing on day four, Anish shot a solid 584 in qualification to top the charts and lead a three-man Indian contingent into the six-man final.
VHP women’s wing members brandish swords, air rifles in rally; 250 booked
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JUN 04, 2019 01:43 AM IST
The march was held on the penultimate day of a training session, Durga Vahini Prashikshan, organised by VHP’s women wing for its 200-250 members from western Maharashtra.
Teen sensation Divyansh wins India Olympic quota in shooting
By Ajai Masand | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2019 07:00 AM IST
Divyansh Singh, son of a senior nursing staff at the Sawai Man Singh Medical College, became the fourth Indian to secure an Olympic quota after rifle shooters Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela, and pistol sensation Saurabh Chaudhary, another 17-year-old..
ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters lose big at home
By Navneet Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 26, 2019 10:54 PM IST
World Cup hosts bag just one Tokyo Olympic Games quota out of available 12.
Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary among 16 shooters named for TOPS support
By Press Trust of India | Chennai
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2018 09:31 PM IST
Both Manu Bhaker (women’s 10m air pistol) and Saurabh Chaudhary (men’s 10m air pistol) had won gold medals at the recent Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Anjum Moudgil women’s 10m air rifle competition, four gold for Mehuli Ghosh
By PTI | New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 19, 2018 07:34 PM IST
Anjum followed up her 50m rifle 3 positions victory a day earlier with another top podium finish. Anjum shot 249.1 in the finals to lead a Punjab 1-2 with Jasmine Kaur coming second with a score of 247.9.
Bronze for junior shooters, seniors misfire at World Championships
By Press Trust of India | Changwon
UPDATED ON SEP 05, 2018 11:42 AM IST
Divyansh Singh Panwar and Shreya Agarwal first took the fifth and final qualification spot among 42 teams with a score of 834.4 and then shot a combined 435 in the finals to fetch the third place.
Asian Games 2018: Staying detached from outcome calmed me down, says Deepak Kumar
By Ajai Masand | Hindustan Times, Palembang
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2018 06:34 PM IST
Following the biggest achievement of his life on Monday, silver in men’s 10m air rifle, Deepak Kumar stayed calm and behaved as one who had renounced all worldly pleasures
Asian Games 2018: Heena Sidhu, Manu Bhaker lead title hopes for India in shooting
By Wasi Manazir | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 14, 2018 09:58 AM IST
India has won a total of 49 shooting medals at the Asian Games, including seven gold medals. In 2014, however, there was only one gold in a total of nine medals that the country won in the sport.
India finish on top of medals tally at Junior Shooting World Cup
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2018 09:15 PM IST
India’s gold medals came in the 10m air pistol mixed team, 25m standard pistol men junior individual and team and 25m standard pistol women junior individual and team events respectively.
Indian shooters draw a blank in ISSF Munich World Cup
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2018 10:18 PM IST
The pair of Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar finished 11th in the qualification standings while the second Indian pair of Mehuli Ghosh and Deepak Kumar finished 20th with a combined effort of 835 at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage.
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, highlights: India get gold in women’s table tennis; Manu Bhaker, Punam Yadav, Vikas Thakur among winners
By Shayne Dias | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON APR 08, 2018 06:11 PM IST
Get highlights of 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast here. Weightlifters Punam Yadav, Vikas Thakur, shooters Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu and Ravi Kumar added to India’s medal tally when they won two gold, one silver and one bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast today. India won another gold medal in the women’s table tennis event.
