New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Former Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat delivered a strong performance to clinch the women’s 25m pistol T4 finals at the National Selection Trials 4 for Group A Rifle and Pistol shooters, held at the Trishul Shooting Range in Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun, on Monday. Olympian Rahi appeared in control during the final and ended with 37 hits, securing the top position comfortably. Manu Bhaker, a two-time Olympic medalist, earned silver with 35 hits, and Karn…
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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…
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…
Pune, April 15 (IANS) Pune will host the inaugural Shooting League of Maharashtra (SLM)from April 17–19 at the Chhatraguj Nurses School, Amanora Park. Organised by the Maharashtra Rifle Association (MRA), the league represents a key step in the structured rollout of the Shooting League of India (SLI) ecosystem at the state level. Following the successful introduction of the Shooting League of Karnataka recently, the Maharashtra edition marks the next phase in a calibrated, pan-India approach t…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Arshdeep Kaur secured the top spot in a high-level field in the finals of the Women’s 25m Pistol event at the National Selection Trials (Group A), being held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in New Delhi on Sunday.The Punjab shooter, who qualified eighth and last finalist, edged out the experienced Divya T.S 37-36 to finish on top in the eight-shooter final.Former Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat secured third place with 33 hits, after Divya edged her in the shoo…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Maharashtra’s Sakshi Sunil Padekar and Railways’ Shahu Tushar Mane bettered national record scores in the finals and qualification rounds of the 10m Air Rifle women and men events, respectively, as the competition in National Selection Trials 1&2 (Group A), hots up at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting ranges in the National Capital Region.Sakshi shot 254.3 in the T2 final while Shahu Tushar Mane scored 637.1 in the men’s T2 qualification. Both these scores are bette…
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) …