Dehradun, June 5 (IANS) The country’s top shooters will be in action when the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) conducts the Selection Trials 4 for Group ‘A’ shooters in rifle and pistol events, starting Saturday (June 6) through June 10 in the Trishul Shooting Range at Maharana Pratap Sports College in Dehradun.It is an important event in the season as the squad for the ISSF World Cup in Hangzhou, China, scheduled for next month, and the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, scheduled …
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Olympian Anish Bhanwala, representing Railways, clinched the gold medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men event at the 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship, being held here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.Anish shot 31 in the final to secure the top spot on the podium. Madhya Pradesh’s Suraj Sharma claimed the silver medal with 28, while Punjab’s Vijayveer Sidhu took bronze with 25 after a shoot-off.Uttarakhand’s Ankur Goel finished fourth w…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Sainyam, a former junior world and Asian champion, recorded her best finish at an International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol leg, shooting 178.9 in the women’s 10m air pistol final on the penultimate day of competitions at the Las Gabias Shooting Range in Granada, Spain, to claim a creditable fifth place on Saturday.Reigning Asian Games champion Palak also made the final and finished seventh, bowing out after the 14th shot of the 24-shot fi…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) All three Indians in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) competition in the on-going International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol, in Granada, Spain, could not progress beyond the qualification stage with Surabhi Bharadwaj Rapole and Olympian Anjum Moudgil logging scores of 587 each to finish in 18th and 19th spots respectively.Ayushi Podder shot 585 to finish 27th. The eighth and final qualification spot went to 589.Also, on Friday, Ankur…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) After a dominant showing in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions events earlier this week, Tilottama Sen continued her remarkable run at the National Selection Trials 1&2 Group A, claiming the top spot in the 10m Air Rifle Women (ARW) Trial 1 at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range near New Delhi on Thursday. Shahu Tushar Mane of Railways took the top spot in the men’s event, while Vijayveer Sidhu claimed top in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol T2.Junior National Champion in ARW, Tilottam…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) National champion Tilottama Sen continued her fine form in 50m Rifle 3 Positions as she won National Selection Trials T1 for Group A here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, while Niraj Kumar of Navy won the men’s event. In the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol T1, Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu secured the top spot.The 50m 3P final was played in the new ISSF format, which saw Tilottama, who recently won 11 medals in the 68th National Shooting Championship, finish on top ahead of Ashi …
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh’s Suraj Sharma delivered a golden double, sweeping both the Senior and Junior men’s national titles in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (RFP) with two composed and authoritative performances in the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Friday.Suraj first stamped his authority in the junior final, closing with 30 hits to secure the gold medal, before returning later to control the senior final an…