New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Olympian Esha Singh, a three-time world championship and double Asian Games medallist, bossed the women’s 25m pistol final with a world record (and junior world record) score of 43, en route to gold at the year’s second International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol leg, at the hallowed Olympic Shooting range in Munich on Wednesday.In a power-packed final, Esha shot perfect fives in half of the 10 series of five shots, leaving home favourite an…
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New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Teenager Parth Rakesh Mane finished seventh in the 10m air rifle men’s final at the hallowed Olympic Shooting range in Munich, as India took many positives at the end of the competition on the first day of the year’s second International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol leg.The youngster from Maharashtra had earlier shattered the junior national record with an effort of 633.6 in qualification, which gave him third spot in the classy 149-strong …
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) selection committee announced a 22-member Indian team for the ISSF World Cup Munich, with double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and fellow Olympian and world championship medallist Esha Singh being the only members of the squad to start in two individual pistol events, while Manu will additionally compete in the mixed team pistol event.The ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol is scheduled from May 24 to 31 in Munich, Germany, which is…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Anjali Shekhawat claimed the gold medal in the 10m air pistol women’s event at the 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship, being held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in the national capital region on Monday.Shekhawat, who had earlier qualified fourth with a score of 576-23x, stepped up impressively in the final to shoot 240.5 and finish on top of the podium. Haryana’s Kanak Budhwar clinched the silver medal with a score of 238.7, wh…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Manu Bhaker narrowly missed out on a gold as she went down to Vietnam’s Thuy Trang Nguyen in an exciting final of 25m Women’s Pistol that was decided at the end of two shoot-offs in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, which is being held here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.Esha Singh won her second individual medal of the championship, winning bronze. Naamya Kapoor clinched gold in the junior category in another tense shoot-off, while Anjali Bhagwat secured th…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Pistol shooters will take aim at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Ranges here in Delhi, as medals in 10m Air pistol events will be decided as competition day one will be underway tomorrow in the Asian Championship Rifle/Pistol. Indian shooters led by World Champion Samrat Rana, World Cup Final Champion Suruchi Singh, Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh will look to give the hosts a strong start in the continental event. Four finals will be held on Wednesday, includin…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Indian domestic shooting season continues on Monday as the country’s top rifle and pistol shooters, more than 150 competitors across eight Olympic events plus the exclusive 50m rifle prone event for men and women, gather at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR) in the national capital for the Group A National Selection Trials 1&2, set for January 19 to 25.Day one will feature the two T1 prone finals and the first day of men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) …