Shooting in Tokyo Olympics: Angad, Mairaj draw a blank again
3 years, 4 months ago

Shooting in Tokyo Olympics: Angad, Mairaj draw a blank again

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India drew a blank in shooting for the third consecutive day as Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmed Khan failed to advance from the men's individual skeet qualification round at the Asaka Shooting range here on Monday. He clinched his third Olympic gold with a new Games record of 59, while Denmark's Jesper Hansen, who won the 2013 skeet World championship, bagged the silver. READ|Manu Bhaker's Tokyo heartbreak: Shooter overcame similar setback in Munich The Indian contingent will hope its shooters can find their groove when the mixed events get underway on Tuesday. Teenage shooting sensations, Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary, and the duo of Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal will join forces in 10m air pistol mixed.

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67th National Shooting Championship: Mane pips Srikanth in close fight to bag air rifle gold
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1 day, 15 hours ago

67th National Shooting Championship: Mane pips Srikanth in close fight to bag air rifle gold

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Shahu Tushar Mane beat Dhanush Srikanth by 0.1 point to clinch the men’s air rifle gold in a spectacular climax in the 67th National Shooting Championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal on Monday. Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Divyaraj Singh took the next two spots in the final with 122, while Olympians Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh …

67th National Shooting Championship: Sejal-Ravinder pair wins mixed team air pistol gold, Paris Olympics medallist Sarabjot finishes fifth
3 days, 15 hours ago

67th National Shooting Championship: Sejal-Ravinder pair wins mixed team air pistol gold, Paris Olympics medallist Sarabjot finishes fifth

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Ravinder Singh and Sejal Kamble clinched the mixed team air pistol gold for Army with a 16-12 victory over Pranavi Dwaram and Mukesh Nelavalli in the 67th National shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Saturday. However, the biggest surprise was that Sarabjot Singh, the Paris Olympics mixed team bronze medallist, and fellow Olympian Rhythm Sangwan, missed …

World University Shooting Championship: Gold for India in 10-metre air rifle; Moradiya bags silver in individual event
1 month, 1 week ago

World University Shooting Championship: Gold for India in 10-metre air rifle; Moradiya bags silver in individual event

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Smit Moradiya almost pulled off a coup, but was pipped by 0.1 points for gold by the seasoned Jiri Privratsky of the Czech Republic in the 10-metre air rifle event of the World University shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Monday. It was the second individual gold for Jiri Privratsky, the 25-year-old who has 19 World …

India’s skeet team loses bronze-medal match to China; Anant Jeet and Maheshwari Chauhan finish 4th at Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s skeet team loses bronze-medal match to China; Anant Jeet and Maheshwari Chauhan finish 4th at Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

India’s Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka failed to secure a historic bronze in the skeet mixed team event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday. Maheshwari Chauhan of India and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka of India during match Chauhan recorded scores of 24, 25, and 25, while Naruka also registered an identical tally of 74 in the qualification …

Indian men’s skeet team shoots gold in Asian Championship
1 year, 1 month ago

Indian men’s skeet team shoots gold in Asian Championship

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The Indian men’s trio of Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Khangura and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the gold medal with a combined total of 358 in men’s skeet team event of the Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, South Korea. In the junior events, India’s Shubham Bisla and Sainyam won bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition, overcoming …

Anant Jeet Naruka claims silver in men's skeet as Indian shooters continue stellar run in Asian Games 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

Anant Jeet Naruka claims silver in men's skeet as Indian shooters continue stellar run in Asian Games 2023

Hindustan Times  

India's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka claimed the silver medal in men's skeet event at the Asian Games here on Wednesday, adding to the team gold he won alongside Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjoat Khangura. India's Narukan Anant Jeet Singh competes during the skeet men's final at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center during 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China Naruka …

Shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa lends clarity to his status
2 years, 10 months ago

Shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa lends clarity to his status

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Olympian Angad Vir Singh Bajwa who had shot 120 out of 125 in skeet in the Tokyo Olympics, will continue to shoot for the country. My shooting has improved tremendously this year, and I have better perspective going forward’’, said the world record holder and Asian champion. Stressing his commitment to do the country proud in future, Angad pointed out …

64th Shooting Nationals: Kiran Jadhav crowned men's 3P champion
3 years ago

64th Shooting Nationals: Kiran Jadhav crowned men's 3P champion

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Kiran Jadhav was at his competitive best in the climax as he shot 10.9, 10.9, 10.8 and 10.7 to clinch the gold with a 0.4 point margin over his Navy team mate Niraj Kumar in the 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the 64th National Shooting Championship in Bhopal on Sunday. World junior champion Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar who had shot …

ISSF Junior World Championship: Indian shooters claim gold medal in women's skeet team
3 years, 2 months ago

ISSF Junior World Championship: Indian shooters claim gold medal in women's skeet team

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The trio of Areeba Khan, Raiza Dhillon and Ganemat Sekhon finished at the top of the podium in the women’s event after shooting an aggregate score of 6. Lima: Indian shooters claimed the gold medal in the women’s skeet team event and the bronze in the men’s team finals of the ISSF Junior World Championship here. In the men’s section, …

Tokyo Olympics: No Finals for Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant in Women's Rifle 3 Positions Shooting
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: No Finals for Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant in Women's Rifle 3 Positions Shooting

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Indian shooters Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant failed to make the finals of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event, settling for the 15th and 33rd position respectively, at the Olympics here on Saturday. This meant the Indian shooting team’s disastrous outing at the Games continued with none of its participants except for Saurabh Chaudhary qualifying for the finals, having …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Skeet shooters Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan exit in qualification
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Skeet shooters Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan exit in qualification

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Tokyo: India’s Angad Vir Singh Bajwa finished 18th while his senior compatriot Mairaj Ahmad Khan ended 25th in the men’s skeet event of the Tokyo Olympics here on Monday. The 25-year-old Angad shot 120 across five series and Mairaj could manage only 117 at the Asaka Range. Placed a creditable 11th overnight and eyeing a finals berth at the end …

Tokyo Olympics: Angad Bajwa has finals in sight in Men's Skeet event
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Angad Bajwa has finals in sight in Men's Skeet event

Hindustan Times  

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa missed two targets out of 75, to be placed 11th on countback in Men's Skeet and has a top-six finals spot well insight. Earlier on Sunday, India's ace shooters Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar failed to qualify for the medal round in the Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification after finishing 26th and 32nd respectively, here …

Tokyo 2020: Angad Bajwa and Mairaj Khan off to slow start in men's skeet shooting qualifying
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Angad Bajwa and Mairaj Khan off to slow start in men's skeet shooting qualifying

India Today  

Indian athletes Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan got off to a slow start in men's skeet shooting on Sunday and finished out of the top-10 in the qualifying round on the first day of the event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Mairaj Khan impressed in the first round of qualifying and managed to hit all the targets …

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Shooting: Divyansh, Deepak fail to qualify for 10m air rifle final; Angad 11th, Mairaj 25th in skeet qualification after three rounds
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Shooting: Divyansh, Deepak fail to qualify for 10m air rifle final; Angad 11th, Mairaj 25th in skeet qualification after three rounds

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW - Angad Vir Singh Bajwa is 11th and Mairaj Khan Ahmed 25th in men's skeet qualification. - Angad Vir Singh Bajwa :, Mairaj Khan Ahmed: - Divyansh Panwar ends the qualification stage of men's 10m air rifle event with a score of 622.8. #IndiaAtOlympics#TokyoOlympics#[email protected]/uDzQHU0tSV — Shyam Vasudevan July 25, 2021 MEN'S 10M AIR RIFLE QUALIFICATION …

Tokyo Olympics Shooting: Saurabh Chaudhary finishes 7th; Valarivan, Chandela miss out on making final
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Shooting: Saurabh Chaudhary finishes 7th; Valarivan, Chandela miss out on making final

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Saurabh Chaudhary qualified on top with 586 but finished seventh in the men’s 10m air pistol final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday. In the women’s 10m air rifle, Elavenil Valarivan shot 626.5 and missed the final by two points. What was remarkable was the convincing fashion in which Javad Foroughi of Iran shot 244.8 in the final, …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian – Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Men’s Skeet
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian – Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Men’s Skeet

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Mairaj Ahmad Khan was born into an affluent shooting family, as his father, brother and uncles were state-level trap shooters. Age – 45 Sports/Discipline – Men’s Skeet Working Ranking – 14 First Olympic Games – Rio de Janeiro, 2016 Major Achievements Gold – Men’s team skeet event, 2021, ISSF World Cup, New Delhi Men’s team skeet event, 2021, ISSF World …

Tokyo Olympics: Skeet shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa continues remote preparation with foreign coach
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Skeet shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa continues remote preparation with foreign coach

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Indian skeet shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa's Olympic preparation has a distinctive feel about it. Currently based in Italy, Bajwa has been "receiving his lessons remotely" from his foreign coach in Norway, Tore Brovold, while training alongside members of Kuwait and Qatar national teams in the northern Italian town of Lonato. Mairaj Ahmad Khan, who is going to shoot alongside …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Skeet shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 'receiving lessons remotely' in Italy from his foreign coach
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Skeet shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 'receiving lessons remotely' in Italy from his foreign coach

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Currently based in Italy, Bajwa has been “receiving his lessons remotely” from his foreign coach in Norway, Tore Brovold, while training alongside members of Kuwait and Qatar national teams in the northern Italian town of Lonato. New Delhi: Indian skeet shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa’s Olympic preparation has a distinctive feel about it. Mairaj Ahmad Khan, who is going to …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian – Abhishek Verma, 10m Men’s Air Pistol Shooting
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian – Abhishek Verma, 10m Men’s Air Pistol Shooting

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Abhishek Verma was born on August 1, 1989 in Haryana and took up shooting as a hobby. Age – 31 years Sports/Disciple – Shooting World Ranking – 3rd as of March 1, 2020 by ISSF First Olympic Games – Tokyo 2021 Major Achievements World Championships • Silver – World Championships, 2018 Changwon • Gold – World Cup, 2019 Bejing • …

It all comes down to mental strength in events like Olympics, says Angad
3 years, 7 months ago

It all comes down to mental strength in events like Olympics, says Angad

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India's Olympic-bound skeet shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa feels it will all come down to mental strength when he takes to the range in the high-pressure Tokyo Games later this summer. Angad will represent India in skeet shooting event alongside Mairaj Ahmad Khan in Tokyo. "It all comes down to mental strength and how do you perform under pressure, especially …

Angad Vir, Gurjoat Singh to compete in Lonato Shotgun World Cup, Mairaj Ahmad skips event
3 years, 7 months ago

Angad Vir, Gurjoat Singh to compete in Lonato Shotgun World Cup, Mairaj Ahmad skips event

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Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjoat Singh Khangura will compete in the shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy, from Sunday. Angad had left for training in Italy after the last World Cup in Delhi during March, and has been diligently preparing himself for the Tokyo Olympics. RELATED | The other Olympic quota winner -- Mairaj Ahmad Khan -- could not …

Manish Narwal shatters record to clinch gold in P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 event at Para Shooting World Cup
3 years, 9 months ago

Manish Narwal shatters record to clinch gold in P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 event at Para Shooting World Cup

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Al Ain: Promising Manish Narwal shattered the world record en route clinching the gold in the P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 event on the penultimate day of the 2021 Para Shooting World Cup on Tuesday. This was India’s second gold medal in the event after Singhraj claimed the yellow metal in P1 men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event. Narwal, the …

New Delhi Shooting World Cup: India Win Silver in Men's Team Air Rifle
3 years, 9 months ago

New Delhi Shooting World Cup: India Win Silver in Men's Team Air Rifle

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India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Deepak Kumar and Pankaj Kumar combined to win the silver medal in the men’s team air rifle event on the third competition day of the ISSF World Cup here on Sunday. The Indian men’s team had qualified second in the race for the gold medal round after shooting 623.4 in the second qualification series behind …

ISSF World Cup: Divyansh Singh Panwar grabs bronze in 10m air rifle; Anjum Moudgil finishes fifth
3 years, 9 months ago

ISSF World Cup: Divyansh Singh Panwar grabs bronze in 10m air rifle; Anjum Moudgil finishes fifth

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India’s Divyansh Singh Panwar grabbed bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Saturday. #DivyanshPanwar wins Bronze medal 🥉 in the Men’s 10M Air Rifle for #India at the @ISSF_Shooting World Cup New Delhi 2021 — NRAI March 20, 2021 The inconsistent Babuta shot …

Indian shooters disappoint in the mixed team event at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup
3 years, 9 months ago

Indian shooters disappoint in the mixed team event at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup

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Indian shooters drew a blank in the skeet mixed team competition at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup, with Parinaaz Dhaliwal-Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon-Angad Bajwa finishing seventh and 10th respectively. ALSO, READ | Indian shotgun coach tests positive for COVID-19 in Cairo The second Indian duo of Ganemat and Angad shot 134 to finish 10th. The Russian teams swept …

Shooting: Indian men's skeet team wins bronze in ISSF World Cup
3 years, 9 months ago

Shooting: Indian men's skeet team wins bronze in ISSF World Cup

The Hindu  

The Indian trio of Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Gurjoat Khangura clinched the skeet team bronze in the Shotgun World Cup in Cairo in Egypt. In a format where the shooters continue for two more rounds on the third day, in addition to the five rounds, shot during individual qualification, the team medals are decided among the …

Shotgun World Cup: India's skeet shooters in line for medals in team events
3 years, 9 months ago

Shotgun World Cup: India's skeet shooters in line for medals in team events

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Cairo: Indian skeet shooters, including Olympic quota holders Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, were in line for medals in the team events at the Shotgun World Cup here. On Wednesday, both the men’s and women’s three-member teams ended the first three qualification rounds in medal-winning positions, with two more qualification rounds to go before the finals. The …

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