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Legendary double trap marksman Peter Wilson of Great Britain, who guided country-mate Nathan Hales to trap gold at the recently-concluded Paris Olympics, has shown interest in the Indian team coaching job and wants to train the shooters for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Wilson, 37, was the youngest competitor in double trap at…
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Manu Bhaker is the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at Olympics.© AFP Manu revealed that she had a different regime for Paris 2024, and expressed her happiness that things went in her favour this time. Manu also suggested that her achievements would motivate other to take up shooting as…
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Manu Bhaker in action© AFP Paris Olympic double medallist Manu Bhaker may skip October’s World Cup in New Delhi as the ace pistol shooter has decided to take a three-month break, her coach Jaspal Rana said. The 22-year-old Bhaker scripted Olympic history for India in Paris as she won a bronze each in…
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Ace Indian pistol shooter Manu Bhaker has set her sights on winning multiple medals at the Olympics in the future following her historic feat at the Paris Games. The 22-year-old scripted history to become the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games….
Following Swapnil Kusale’s historic bronze medal win in shooting at the ongoing Paris Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha lauded the shooter for his performance and talked about her own emotions while catching up with the match. Kusale won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3P event at…
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Sift Samra, the reigning Asian Games champion, endured a horrendous outing in standing.© X (Twitter) Indian shooters Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra failed to qualify for the final of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event, finishing 18th and 31st respectively at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Appearing in his second Olympics,…
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Olympic medallist shooter Gagan Narang said Indian athletes’ mindset has changed over the years and their confidence has touched unprecedented levels, encouraging them to set their sights on a gold medal. The London Games bronze medallist, who is serving as India’s Chef-de-Mission at the Paris Olympics, felt the Indian athletes are now not…
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Indian rifle shooter Sift Kaur Samra isn’t feeling the pressure on her debut Olympics, instead she is approaching the quadrennial showpiece as just another international competition, and said “just the name of the tournament that changes, not the people or the technique”. Sift, who is currently in her training base in Luxembourg, will…
File image of Rajeshwari Kumari.© X (Twitter) The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), post a meeting of the national selection committee on Tuesday, revealed the Indian Shotgun team for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Senior trap shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman has made the cut in the men’s Trap, while Rajeshwari Kumari will…
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Former Indian shooter Jaspal Rana has slammed the National Rifle Association of India’s (NRAI) decision to send the Olympic-bound shooters for the World Cup in Munich, starting on Friday. In an exclusive interview with IANS, the Asian Games gold medallist shooter Rana questioned the selection of Olympic-bound shooters in the World Cup just…
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