'I don't want to dwell in past': Shreyasi Singh on India's shooting show in Tokyo Olympics ahead of Paris 2024
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'I don't want to dwell in past': Shreyasi Singh on India's shooting show in Tokyo Olympics ahead of Paris 2024

India TV News  

India's shooting contingent will be looking to put behind the disappointing show of the 2016 and 2021 Olympic Games when the Indian shooters drew a blank in the medals tally. India is sending its largest-ever shooting contingent at the Paris Games - 21 - going past its previous highest tally of 15 shooters from the Tokyo 2020 Games. Indian shooter Shreyasi, who will be making her Olympics debut in the upcoming Paris Games and will compete in the trap event, spoke to India TV on various facets ahead of the 2024 Games. On being asked about Indian shooters' disappointing show at the previous two Olympics, Shreyasi said that she does not want to think about the past and is thinking about her performance at the upcoming Games.

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Manu Bhaker | Shooting queen
3 months ago

Manu Bhaker | Shooting queen

India Today  

I n recent years, the hunting has been good, the posse of young Indians who have arrived on the global stage toting their guns, lighting up shooting ranges across the world. But for two consecutive Olympics thereafter, India’s shooting squad misfired so much that expectations were modest from the young shooters bound for the 2024 Paris Games. Manu Bhaker had …

Paris 2024 Olympics, Shooting Highlights, July 31 blog: Swapnil Kusale qualifies for men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final, Aishwary crashes out
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics, Shooting Highlights, July 31 blog: Swapnil Kusale qualifies for men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final, Aishwary crashes out

The Hindu  

July 31, 2024 11:37 SHOOTING AT PARIS 2024 - PREVIEW Lock ‘n load! It’s almost time to climb aboard the hype train to Châteauroux, where 21 Indian shooters will take on the mission of going up against 321 of the world’s best to claim the ultimate prize — an Olympic medal. The National Rifle Association of India announcing the squad …

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 India Schedule: Shooter Arjun Babuta To Compete For Medal
8 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 India Schedule: Shooter Arjun Babuta To Compete For Medal

ABP News  

India schedule in Olympics - Day 3: India officially opened its medal tally at the 2024 Games with Manu Bhaker winning a historic bronze medal in the women's 10m air pistol shooting event. Continuing India's strong performance in shooting at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Arjun Babuta has advanced to the final of the men's 10m air rifle event and will …

Paris Olympics 2024: India's Arjun-Ramita, Sandeep-Elavenil eliminated in qualification of 10m air rifle mixed event
8 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: India's Arjun-Ramita, Sandeep-Elavenil eliminated in qualification of 10m air rifle mixed event

Hindustan Times  

Indian shooters were eliminated in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualifications stage of the Paris Olympics on Saturday. India's Ramita Jindal looks at her rifle as he competes in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. The duo of Ramita and Arhun Babuta came close and …

SHOOTING | Shreyasi Singh gets the green signal for Paris Olympics
9 months, 1 week ago

SHOOTING | Shreyasi Singh gets the green signal for Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India got the green signal from the International Shooting Sport Federation to swap one of the women’s pistol Olympic quota places for women’s trap, and field Shreyasi Singh for the Paris Games. With Manu Bhaker finishing on top in both women’s air pistol and sports pistol, emerging as the only shooter to compete in two …

India At Paris Olympics 2024: NRAI Announce Rifle And Pistol Teams, Manu Bhaker To Feature
9 months, 2 weeks ago

India At Paris Olympics 2024: NRAI Announce Rifle And Pistol Teams, Manu Bhaker To Feature

ABP News  

Paris Olympics 2024: India is gearing up for the Paris Olympics 2024, as the global event is less than 100 days away, and keeping in mind the highly successful Tokyo Olympics 2020, the hopes of the 1.4 Billion people will be very high this time around, especially for that all-elusive gold medal, a dream which came true via Neeraj Chopra's …

Shooters set for all-important Olympic trials
11 months, 1 week ago

Shooters set for all-important Olympic trials

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Indian shooters have been spot on in the ongoing Olympic cycle. The talented bunch, especially the rifle and pistol shooters, have navigated numerous competitions, including gruelling national trials, to be in a position of strength. The top-five shooters in the two disciplines will be involved in a series — four in total — of Olympic Shooting Trials, with the …

Indian shooting at Paris 2024: NRAI announces names for women’s air pistol selection trials
11 months, 1 week ago

Indian shooting at Paris 2024: NRAI announces names for women’s air pistol selection trials

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India has announced the names of shooters for women’s air pistol for the Olympic selection trials to be staged at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, from Friday. Asian Games gold medallist Palak Gulia who won the Olympic quota in Rio and Surbhi Rao join the three leading shooters, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker …

Shooting at Asian Games 2023: India squad, schedule, full list of events at Hangzhou 2022
1 year, 6 months ago

Shooting at Asian Games 2023: India squad, schedule, full list of events at Hangzhou 2022

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India, the governing body of the Olympic sport of shooting in India, announced a 33-member team to compete at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Former 10m air rifle world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, who didn’t feature in the recently concluded World Championships in Baku, finds himself in the squad based on the selection criteria for …

First day, first show: Shooting's quest for success
1 year, 6 months ago

First day, first show: Shooting's quest for success

Hindustan Times  

It is perhaps a sign of the growing might of Indian shooting that each time the contingent sets foot in a world event, medal expectations soar. Buoyed by a successful World Championships in Baku where Indian shooters secured four Olympics quotas — India now has a total of seven quotas for the Olympics — the 30-strong shooting contingent will be …

Rajeshwari Kumari secures Paris 2024 spot with fifth-place finish at Shooting World Championships
1 year, 7 months ago

Rajeshwari Kumari secures Paris 2024 spot with fifth-place finish at Shooting World Championships

The Hindu  

Rajeshwari Kumari shot 120 out of 125 in qualification and stayed strong in the final to clinch one of the four Olympic quota places for Paris in women’s trap in the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday. Once qualification topper Alessandra Perilli of San Marino got eliminated in sixth place after 25 birds in the final, the rest of …

Mansher Singh: Strong domestic coaches need of the hour for Indian shooting
1 year, 10 months ago

Mansher Singh: Strong domestic coaches need of the hour for Indian shooting

The Hindu  

Shooting is the fastest-growing and most successful sport in the country. Today, Indian shooting has won many medals across all levels, including the Olympics and the World Championships. It was a golden period for Indian shooting when Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver in the Athens Olympics in 2004, then the gold in 2008 by Abhinav Bindra in Beijing, and …

India’s shooting preparation well on its way for Paris Olympics 2024: Anne Grethe Jeppesen
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s shooting preparation well on its way for Paris Olympics 2024: Anne Grethe Jeppesen

The Hindu  

Anne Grethe Jeppesen of Norway, who was the former national coach of Denmark and trained shooters for the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, besides being a A-Licence holder as an ISSF trainer, conducted a two-week camp in coordination with Gun For Glory, run by former Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, at the SATS ranges on the Central University campus here. Olympic bronze …

The way forward for Indian shooting
3 years, 1 month ago

The way forward for Indian shooting

The Hindu  

Indian shooting had been dominant everywhere, and on top of the world for most of the time, till it slipped and fared miserably in the Tokyo Olympics. READ: Srinjoy confident of good show in shooting World Cup As Indian shooting looks to start from scratch, the national federation has closed the contract of all the coaches, both Indian and foreign, …

On eve of Indian shooters' events at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, coaches remain confident
3 years, 8 months ago

On eve of Indian shooters' events at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, coaches remain confident

India TV News  

Indian shooting team coaches Deepali Deshpande and Ronak Pandit sounded optimistic on the eve of the shooters' first big test in the Tokyo Olympics here. In the women's 10m air rifle event, ROC athlete Yulia Karimova, the reigning world champion in the 50m rifle 3 positions event and Chinese Taipei's world number four Lin Ying-Shin will pose the biggest threat …

Pavel Smirnov: ‘All of our shooters are capable of winning in Tokyo Olympics’
3 years, 9 months ago

Pavel Smirnov: ‘All of our shooters are capable of winning in Tokyo Olympics’

The Hindu  

It's not about one, two or three but all his shooters are capable of winning a medal, including gold, at the Tokyo Olympics, reckons Pavel Smirnov, the longstanding foreign coach of the Indian pistol team. A vaunted Indian team fired a blank at the 2016 Rio Games, a shocking result that forced radical changes in the Indian shooting setup on …

NRAI to host two selection trials to finalise Khelo India shooters
3 years, 11 months ago

NRAI to host two selection trials to finalise Khelo India shooters

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India has announced that it would host two selection trials to finalise the shooters eligible to compete in the Khelo India Games to be staged in November. The national federation will keep the score of the shooters in the last national championship as the base score and add the qualification scores of the two trials …

India has Huge Expectations From Shooters in Tokyo, Says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju
4 years ago

India has Huge Expectations From Shooters in Tokyo, Says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju

News 18  

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said India has huge expectations from its world-beating shooting contingent in the Tokyo Olympics, his belief strengthened by the country’s terrific show in the ongoing ISSF World Cup. “We have huge expectations from shooting in Olympics, they have been doing extremely well for a long time now and it has raised the expectations,” Rijiju …

Indian shooting team welcomes Tokyo Games postponement
5 years ago

Indian shooting team welcomes Tokyo Games postponement

The Hindu  

The Indian shooting team has welcomed the joint announcement made by the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee to postpone the Olympics to no later than the summer of 2021. READ: IOA welcomes Olympics postponement, says athletes relieved of stress Junior rifle team coach Suma Shirur said, "Considering the coronavirus outbreak, we saw it coming. Arjuna awardee …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian shooters have realistic shot at winning medals, believes Abhinav Bindra
5 years, 1 month ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian shooters have realistic shot at winning medals, believes Abhinav Bindra

Firstpost  

Abhinav Bindra said, “I do hope India’s shooters come back with some gold medals and join me because I am tired of being the only one.” New Delhi: India’s young shooters have a “realistic” chance of succeeding at the Tokyo Olympics, says Abhinav Bindra, who is “tired” of being the country’s only individual gold-medallist at the Games. The number of …

Tokyo 2020: The making of sharp shooters, now in Olympics race
5 years, 2 months ago

Tokyo 2020: The making of sharp shooters, now in Olympics race

The Hindu  

Without offering much action in terms of spectators’ involvement as in football, basketball or wrestling, except in the case of the shotgun events in which the clay birds in flight are powdered in a spectacular fashion, world shooting has managed to evolve nicely to retain its spot in the Olympics. But, by bringing a zero start to the final, which …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India junior rifle team coach Suma Shirur feels shooting contingent will win at least two medals at Games
5 years, 2 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India junior rifle team coach Suma Shirur feels shooting contingent will win at least two medals at Games

Firstpost  

‘India’s shooters are very strong in two-three events and I am hoping for a couple of Olympic medals this time,’ says Suma Shirur New Delhi: India’s junior rifle team coach Suma Shirur is hoping for the Indian shooting contingent to win atleast a couple of medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Shirur said India is very strong in two-three shooting events. …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Time running out for Indian shotgun shooters to find the target for Olympic slots
5 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Time running out for Indian shotgun shooters to find the target for Olympic slots

Firstpost  

In stark contrast to bleak scenario in shotgun shooters, India have already bagged seven Olympic quota in pistol and rifle events. Top two finishers at the World Cup and the first three at the Asian Championship will earn Olympic quota places for their countries. It may be raining podium finishes and Olympic quota places for the Indian rifle and pistol …

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju promises to explore diplomatic channels to get shooting included in 2022 Commonwealth Games
5 years, 8 months ago

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju promises to explore diplomatic channels to get shooting included in 2022 Commonwealth Games

Firstpost  

Rijiju’s predecessor Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had last year written to his British counterpart as well to the CGF President, urging them to intervene and ensure that the sport remains a part of the 2022 edition Patiala: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday made it clear that the government cannot interfere in sports matter but promised to explore diplomatic channels to have …

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