Indian shooter Bhowneesh Mendiratta: Will do anything for the Olympic gold medal
2 years, 2 months ago

Indian shooter Bhowneesh Mendiratta: Will do anything for the Olympic gold medal

The Hindu  

Bhowneesh Mendiratta took a step closer to his Olympic dream after he secured India’s first quota in shooting for Paris 2024 at the ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia on Wednesday. Mendiratta credited his personal coach Daniele Di Spigno of Italy, mentor Ronjan Singh Sodhi, India’s foreign shotgun coach Russell Mark, and chief national coach Vikram Singh Chopra for rescuing him from tough spots at various points in time. Bhowneesh Mendiratta has been all praise for India’s foreign shotgun coach Russell Mark. You can’t afford that when the sport is all about minute movements.” Mendiratta’s return flight from Osijek is set to touch down at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Monday, October 3, and he will take part in the shotgun events of the National Games 2022.

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Wayanad Landslide, India at Paris Olympics 2024, Himachal Pradesh Cloudbursts: This Week in 5 charts
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Wayanad Landslide, India at Paris Olympics 2024, Himachal Pradesh Cloudbursts: This Week in 5 charts

The Hindu  

Landslides flatten Wayanad villages in Kerala Massive landslides hit Kerala’s Wayanad district in the early hours of July 30, which buried a large area under debris, killing over 200 people and leaving scores injured. Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Swapnil Kusale win medals at Paris Olympics India secured it’s first wins at the Paris Olympics 2024 this week, all in …

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 India Schedule: Shooter Arjun Babuta To Compete For Medal
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

SHOOTING | Shreyasi Singh gets the green signal for Paris Olympics
6 months 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 …

Quota Belongs to Country, Not to Athlete: Abhinav Bindra Backs NRAI's Team Selection for Paris Olympics
6 months, 1 week ago

Quota Belongs to Country, Not to Athlete: Abhinav Bindra Backs NRAI's Team Selection for Paris Olympics

News 18  

Olympics gold winner Abhinav Bindra on Thursday said promising shooter Rudrankksh Patil was unfortunate to miss the flight to Paris Games, but emphasised that the quota belongs to the country and not to one athlete. There’s a due process laid out and they followed the process,” Bindra told the media in Mumbai on the sidelines of the IISM Convocation Ceremony …

Will India's shooting trials get desired result in Paris?
7 months ago

Will India's shooting trials get desired result in Paris?

Hindustan Times  

The shooting selection trials for the Paris Olympics were a fierce battle for each spot. However, seven quota winning shooters were swept aside and it included the three world championships medallists in the current Olympic cycle -- Rudrankksh Patil, Mehuli Ghosh and Akhil Sheoran. Mehuli and Sheoran, who had sealed Olympic quotas in 10m air rifle and rifle 3 position …

Shooting stars: Rudraneil Sengupta, on an incredible sporting comeback
8 months ago

Shooting stars: Rudraneil Sengupta, on an incredible sporting comeback

Hindustan Times  

At the end of the Paris Olympics qualification stage, 20 have won quotas for the Games from a maximum of 24 possible quota slots per country. Second, the federation trusted the now-deep culture of shooting in the country, sparked by Abhinav Bindra’s 2008 Beijing gold, and developed and sustained by shooting academies set up by some of India’s finest former …

Indian shooting in 2024: Time to sing the redemption song
11 months ago

Indian shooting in 2024: Time to sing the redemption song

The Hindu  

In about six months, the curtain rises for the ultimate spectacle in France. Booking the ticket: Esha Singh won India’s 15th Paris Olympics quota with a gold medal in the women’s 10m Air Pistol final in the Asian Olympic Qualifier in Jakarta recently. Sarabjot may have won India’s only gold medal of the competition, but Bhaker stole the spotlight when …

India shooters on target but olympics the big test
11 months, 1 week ago

India shooters on target but olympics the big test

New Indian Express  

Clichéd as it may sound, Indian shooting is bang on the target at the moment. The country’s top shooters have accumulated a record number of quotas –17 as of now—for the Paris Olympics in July-August. After Abhinav Bindra’s historic gold in Beijing 2008, and silver and bronze by Vijay Kumar and Gagan Narang in London four years later, there had …

Varun Tomar Bags Olympic Quota Place After Winning Gold Medal in 10m Air Pistol at Asian Olympic Qualifiers
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Varun Tomar Bags Olympic Quota Place After Winning Gold Medal in 10m Air Pistol at Asian Olympic Qualifiers

News 18  

Indian shooter Varun Tomar earned a Paris Olympics quota place after clinching gold in 10m men’s air pistol event at the Asian Qualifiers, here on Monday. #, Congratulations to Varun Tomar for clinching and securing Paris Olympics quota, while Arjun Cheema bags a in the 10m Air… pic.twitter.com/4cn5XvkVoX — Anurag Thakur January 8, 2024 The top two shooters in each …

India Win Gold in Men's 10m Air Pistol Team at Asian Olympic Qualifiers
11 months, 2 weeks ago

India Win Gold in Men's 10m Air Pistol Team at Asian Olympic Qualifiers

News 18  

Indian shooters secured a gold medal in men’s 10m air pistol team event to make a bright start to their campaign at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers on Monday. The Indian team of Varun Tomar, Arjun Singh Cheema and Ujjawal Malik produced a total of 1740 to finish at the top, while Iran and Korea claimed the silver and bronze medals …

Indian pistol and rifle shooters renew quest for Paris 2024 Olympic quota
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian pistol and rifle shooters renew quest for Paris 2024 Olympic quota

The Hindu  

The Indian rifle and pistol shooters will renew their quest for Paris Olympic quota places when the Asian Olympic Qualification begins here from Monday. A total of 16 Paris quota places are available at the continental showpiece and the Indian pistol shooters will be in contention for as many as five possible berths. Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan and Surbhi Rao …

Shooter Anish Bhanwala Wins Bronze and India's 12th Paris Olympics Quota Place
1 year, 1 month ago

Shooter Anish Bhanwala Wins Bronze and India's 12th Paris Olympics Quota Place

News 18  

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anish Bhanwala bagged India’s 12th Paris Olympic quota in shooting as he clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 25m rapid pistol fire event at the Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea on Monday. Bhanwala fetched the quota for the Paris Games by ending the qualification stage in third place with a score of 588, just one …

Asian Shooting Championships: Manu Bhaker finishes fifth, secures 11th quota for India at Paris 2024 Olympics
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Shooting Championships: Manu Bhaker finishes fifth, secures 11th quota for India at Paris 2024 Olympics

The Hindu  

Manu Bhaker secured the 11th Paris Olympics quota place for the country after finishing fifth in women’s 25m sports pistol at the Asian Shooting Championships in Changwon, Korea on Saturday. But China could claim only one Paris quota spot and Haniyeh had already secured one earlier, so Manu, despite finishing fifth, clinched a Paris berth for India. Manu, coached by …

Asian Shooting Championships: Arjun Babuta wins 10m air rifle silver, Olympic quota place; team bags gold
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Shooting Championships: Arjun Babuta wins 10m air rifle silver, Olympic quota place; team bags gold

Firstpost  

Indian shooters have bagged six Olympic quota places in rifle, two in shotgun and just one in pistol. Indian shooter Arjun Babuta clinched a silver medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event along with a Paris Olympic quota place for the country at the ongoing Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea on Friday. 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 ✅ 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗮 ✅ Team …

Asian Shooting Championship: Arjun Babuta, Tilottama Sen bag Olympic quota; Men’s 10m air rifle team wins gold
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Shooting Championship: Arjun Babuta, Tilottama Sen bag Olympic quota; Men’s 10m air rifle team wins gold

The Hindu  

Indian shooters Arjun Babuta and Tilottama Sen earned two Paris Olympic quota places by clinching silver medals in the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle events respectively, at the ongoing Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea on Friday. The 15-year-old Tilottama followed suit as she shot a total of 252.3 in the women’s final to fetch the 10th Olympic quota place …

Sarabjot wins bronze and India’s eighth Paris Olympics quota place in men’s 10m air pistol event
1 year, 2 months ago

Sarabjot wins bronze and India’s eighth Paris Olympics quota place in men’s 10m air pistol event

The Hindu  

Sarabjot Singh won a bronze medal and sealed a Paris Olympics quota place for India in men's 10m air pistol, while junior women's shooter in the category, Sainyam, clinched gold at the ongoing Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, Korea on Tuesday. Sarabjot shot 221.1 in the final to finish behind the Chinese duo of Zhang Yifan and Liu Jinyao to …

Asian Shooting C’ship 2023: Sarabjot Singh secures Paris Olympics quota with bronze in men’s 10m air pistol
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Shooting C’ship 2023: Sarabjot Singh secures Paris Olympics quota with bronze in men’s 10m air pistol

The Hindu  

Sarabjot Singh clinched the Olympic quota place with a bronze medal in men’s air pistol in the 15th Asian shooting championship in Changwon, Korea, on Tuesday. With China having already bagged two Olympic quota places in the event and only one of the two Koreans eligible, Sarabjot had his task cut out needing a high finish. READ | Asian Para …

Mehuli Ghosh: Shooting for the stars and Olympic glory
1 year, 3 months ago

Mehuli Ghosh: Shooting for the stars and Olympic glory

The Hindu  

It is easy to lose your way inside the sprawling 2,300-acre campus of the University of Hyderabad. Although arguably one of India’s best bets for a medal in the upcoming Asian Games and next year’s Olympics, Mehuli had no airs and graces. Tilottama Sen, 15, another Bengaluru-based Bengali shooter on the national rifle team, Recently, Mehuli and Sen registered stunning …

Rajeshwari Kumari secures Paris 2024 spot with fifth-place finish at Shooting World Championships
1 year, 4 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 …

ISSF World Championships: Adarsh Singh narrowly misses 2024 Paris Olympics quota
1 year, 4 months ago

ISSF World Championships: Adarsh Singh narrowly misses 2024 Paris Olympics quota

Firstpost  

Adarsh shot 583 in the qualification round, the same as Ukraine’s Denys Kushnirov, who bagged the sixth and the final qualifying berth. Baku: Indian shooter Adarsh Singh missed a Paris Olympics quota by the narrowest of margins, losing out on countback in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event of the ISSF World Championships here on Tuesday. However, the fourth …

Adarsh Singh misses Paris Olympics quota by narrowest of margins
1 year, 4 months ago

Adarsh Singh misses Paris Olympics quota by narrowest of margins

The Hindu  

Adarsh Singh finished ninth in men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol at the ongoing ISSF World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, missing a Paris Olympics quota by the narrowest of margins. However, as things stood, the fourth and final Paris quota available in the event went to Estonia’s Peeter Olesk, who also shot a 583 but finished one spot ahead of Adarsh …

Akhil Sheoran secures Paris 2024 Olympics quota, wins bronze in ISSF World Championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Akhil Sheoran secures Paris 2024 Olympics quota, wins bronze in ISSF World Championships

The Hindu  

Akhil Sheoran missed the silver by 0.1 point but clinched the bronze and the Olympic quota in the 50-metre rifle 3-position event, in the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday. It was a golden for India, as Akhil along with Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Niraj Kumar won the team gold, one point ahead of Austria. Rifle 3-position medallists, …

Mehuli Ghosh bags Paris 2024 Olympics quota, wins bronze in ISSF World Championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Mehuli Ghosh bags Paris 2024 Olympics quota, wins bronze in ISSF World Championships

The Hindu  

Mehuli Ghosh was in brilliant form as she won the Olympic quota in women’s air rifle along with an individual bronze medal in the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday. Tilottama Sen was equally sharp in placing fourth, but with the new rule for Olympic qualification, one nation could get only one quota in a competition. It was a …

Paris Olympics quotas in mind for India’s World Shooting Championship squad
1 year, 4 months ago

Paris Olympics quotas in mind for India’s World Shooting Championship squad

The Hindu  

India can take a strong step forward toward the Paris Olympics if its shooters live up to their potential in the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan. The World Championship will offer 48 Olympic quota places, four each in the 12 individual events of rifle, pistol and shotgun. India will aim for medals, but more than that, the focus would be …

Shooting | Prithviraj Tondaiman, Rajeshwari Kumari in trap team for World Championships and Asian Games
1 year, 5 months ago

Shooting | Prithviraj Tondaiman, Rajeshwari Kumari in trap team for World Championships and Asian Games

The Hindu  

Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta narrowly missed out on a spot in the trap team for the World Championship and the Asian Games, in the shotgun team announced by the National Rifle Association of India here on Sunday. Prithviraj Tondaiman who had won the bronze medal in one of the World Cups this season topped men’s trap with a cumulative …

Shooters Ganemat, Darsha make cut for Asian Games, World Championships
1 year, 5 months ago

Shooters Ganemat, Darsha make cut for Asian Games, World Championships

The Hindu  

Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta narrowly missed out on a spot in the trap team for the World Championship and the Asian Games, in the shotgun team announced by the National Rifle Association of India here on Sunday. In men’s skeet, World Cup gold medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan slipped out with a cumulative score of. The 47-year-old Olympian, Mairaj had …

Mansher Singh: Strong domestic coaches need of the hour for Indian shooting
1 year, 7 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 …

ISSF World Championships: India ends campaign with best-ever performance at Worlds
2 years, 1 month ago

ISSF World Championships: India ends campaign with best-ever performance at Worlds

The Hindu  

Indian shooters ended their ISSF World Championships campaign with the best-ever record of 38 medals, placing them second in the standings behind China. India also bagged three 2024 Paris Olympic quotas while it had won two Tokyo Games quota places from the Changwon worlds. Even from the perspective of Olympic events, India had a silver at the Changwon worlds while …

Swapnil Kusale wins third Olympic quota for Paris
2 years, 2 months ago

Swapnil Kusale wins third Olympic quota for Paris

The Hindu  

Swapnil Kusale won the Olympic quota in men’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event with a fourth place finish in the World championship in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday. — Santadeep Dey October 22, 2022 It was the third Olympic quota in shooting for India after Bhowneesh Mendiratta and Rudrankksh Patil. Rhythm Sangwan came agonisingly close to winning the Olympic quota, but missed …

ISSF World Championship HIGHLIGHTS, Cairo 2022: Swapnil Kusale wins Olympic quota, Rhythm Sangwan out of first ranking match
2 years, 2 months ago

ISSF World Championship HIGHLIGHTS, Cairo 2022: Swapnil Kusale wins Olympic quota, Rhythm Sangwan out of first ranking match

The Hindu  

Highlights Swapnil Kusale enters the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions with the second highest qualification score of 593. 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS MEN STAGE 2 Kusale enters the final with the second highest qualification score of 593 after China’s Liu Yukun’s 596. 25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MEN STAGE 1 FILE PHOTO: Anish Bhanwala in action during the 2019 World Cup …

Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil seals Paris Olympics quota
2 years, 2 months ago

Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil seals Paris Olympics quota

The Hindu  

Rudrankksh Patil was in brilliant form as he beat Danilo Dennis Sollazzo of Italy 17-13 for the gold in men’s air rifle and sealed the Olympic quota for Paris in style in the World Championship in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday. It was the second Olympic quota for India after Bhowneesh Mendiratta had sealed the one in trap in the recent …

ISSF World Championship: 22 ‘senior’ Indian shooters to fight for 32 Paris Olympic quotas on offer in Cairo
2 years, 2 months ago

ISSF World Championship: 22 ‘senior’ Indian shooters to fight for 32 Paris Olympic quotas on offer in Cairo

The Hindu  

Olympians Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Anjum Moudgil and Vijay Kumar headline the list of 22 senior Indian athletes eligible for a Paris Olympics 2024 quota at the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Championship, starting October 12 in Cairo. Of these, eight quotas – four in men and as many in women’s disciplines – will be in …

Bhowneesh Mendiratta helps India secure its first Paris Olympics quota in Shooting
2 years, 2 months ago

Bhowneesh Mendiratta helps India secure its first Paris Olympics quota in Shooting

The Hindu  

Bhowneesh Mendiratta missed a medal in men’s trap but clinched the first Olympic quota for Paris 2024 Games with a fourth place finish in the shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia, on Wednesday. The 23-year-old from Faridabad, Bhowneesh qualified for the final in the fourth place with a score of 121 out of 125, following rounds of 25, 23, 24, …

Indian Shooting Team for Tokyo Olympics Likely to be Announced
3 years, 8 months ago

Indian Shooting Team for Tokyo Olympics Likely to be Announced

News 18  

The National Rifle Association of India selection committee is expected to meet on Sunday and announce the squad for the Tokyo Olympic Games in July-August. Almost all the quota winners had given a good account of themselves in the recently-concluded New Delhi World Cup held at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges here. But it will depend on the selection …

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