Indian shooters made yet another clean sweep on the final day to sign off with a staggering 25 out of 26 gold medals on offer in the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati on Monday. Rio Olympics bound Gurpreet Singh shot down the gold in men’s individual 25m rapid fire pistol with a total of 28 hits on target, while […]
» Read moreHeena Sidhu’s wait for a ticket to Rio Olympics was over when the pistol shooter won gold and a quota in the 10m air pistol event at the Asian Olympic shooting qualifier at Dr Karni Singh Range on Wednesday. Heena, who was shooting in her pet event, topped the qualification round with a score of 387 and later in the […]
» Read moreIndian Apurvi Chandela broke the world record on way to winning gold in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix. Chandela shot 211.2 in the event held on Tuesday to surpass the feat of Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling, who held the record with 211. The result marked a positive start for Chandela, […]
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