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Khel Ratna list not finalised, says ministry on Manu Bhaker ‘snub’

New Delhi/ Mumbai: The sports ministry on Monday said that double Olympic medal-winning pistol shooter Manu Bhaker’s name was not considered for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award because she had not applied for the India’s highest sporting honour, even as her family raised questions about the need for an application by the athlete in a year when her …

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1 month ago

Exclusive | Shooting is more accessible in India; every national-level shooter can now import a gun: Avani Lekhara’s coach Rakesh Manpat

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Have you ever stopped to think why the whole country shows a lot of interest in the Olympics and the Paralympics, whereas there aren’t too many takers, as such, for ‘non-glamourous’ sports, when they are played individually in tournaments? I had a similar conversation with Indian shooter and coach, Rakesh Manpat, a national level gold medallist, recipient of the 2012 …

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4 months ago

Inconsistent Selection Policy of NRAI Hurting Indian Shooters, Says Manu Bhaker's Coach Jaspal Rana

News 18

Double Olympic-medallist shooter Manu Bhaker’s coach Jaspal Rana has slammed the national federation’s “ever-changing” Olympic selection policy, saying that it has hurt some of the most promising talents in the past and will damage more youngsters if there is no consistency going forward. “Nobody is thinking how to get him back on the platform,” said Rana, who was allegedly told …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

NRAI, shooters thrash out role of personal coaches in Paris Olympics build-up

Hindustan Times

Ahead of the Indian shooting team’s crucial preparatory phase for the Paris Olympics that starts on Friday with the ISSF Munich World Cup, the National Rifle Association of India has been busy holding talks with shooters to resolve issues related to the involvement of their personal coaches in training plans. NRAI senior vice-president Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo said they have …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Teen shooter accidentally fires at physio; injury leads to emergency surgery

The Hindu

Accidental firing by a teenaged shooter left a physiotherapist with a broken jaw that required an emergency surgery to dislodge the pellet during an tournament in Chennai, making it the third serious breach of safety norms in Indian shooting this year. After a shooter lost his thumb while filling the cylinder of his pistol in Faridabad recently and a rifle …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Five women shooters, including minor, allege sexual harassment against coach

Hindustan Times

Five women shooters, including a minor, have filed an FIR against a 38-year-old coach of the Rajasthan Rifle Association, alleging rape and sexual harassment for the past three years, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday. “On Tuesday, the joint secretary of the RRA Mahipal Singh along with the five victims filed the complaint in Malviya Nagar police station …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Trap shooting coach Dradi seen with Spanish team in Croatia days after leaving Asian Games camp in Delhi

The Hindu

Days after the foreign coach of the Indian trap shooting team, Marcelli Dradi, left the country with the marksmen still in their final phase of their preparation for the Asian Games, the Italian expert arrived in Osijek and was seen wearing a Spanish team jersey, congratulating its the junior side for winning a silver medal on Thursday. Dradi, who has …

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1 year, 3 months ago

I perform best when coach Rana is around, says Manu Bhaker

The Hindu

Indian pistol shooter Manu Bhaker on Sunday indicated that not being allowed the freedom to take her personal coach Jaspal Rana in major international competitions could be holding back her performance, and requested the NRAI to resolve the issue. Rana is now working with the multiple-time World Cup gold medallist to help her bag a 2024 Paris Olympic quota and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

TOPS boss to inquire why shotgun coach Marcello Dradi left Asian Games shooting camp

The Hindu

The Sports Authority of India will do an “inquiry” into why the foreign coach for trap shooting, Marcello Dradi, left the country even as the shooters were going through their final training drills before leaving for the Asian Games in Hangzhou. NRAI secretary Rajiv Bhatia too confirmed that Dradi had left India on Friday.The shotgun team will be without both …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2022: Indian shotgun contingent most likely to miss foreign coaches, Dradi to head home

The Hindu

India’s two foreign coaches in shotgun, Marcello Dradi and Ennio Falco from Italy, are highly unlikely to accompany the Indian shooting contingent to the Asian Games due to accreditation and contractual technicalities. Trap coach Dradi and skeet expert Falco were appointed India’s shotgun coaches following the National Rifle Association of India’s fallout with Australia’s Russell and Lauryn Mark, who quit …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Five junior shooters’ participation in Asian Championships subject to clearance from NRAI disciplinary panel

The Hindu

The National Rifle Association of India has announced a 36-member strong junior contingent for the upcoming Asian Championships in South Korea, but the names of five shooters are subject to “approval by the disciplinary committee” of the federation. “Disciplinary issues” had marred the Indian shooting team’s campaign during the Junior Worlds in Changwon, South Korea two months back, which had …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Poor marks to NRAI: Former India coach lambasts National Rifle Association of India for ‘unprofessional’ treatment

The Hindu

Former India trap coach Russell Mark and his wife Lauryn, who used to be the shotgun team’s high-performance manager, may have moved on to Qatar but the incidents involving the National Rifle Association of India have left a sour taste in their mouths. SAI’s director-general, Sandip Pradhan, got on a call with NRAI secretary-general K. Sultan Singh, secretary Rajiv Bhatia, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Joydeep Karmakar resigns as 50m chief coach after ‘zero communication’ from NRAI regarding contract renewal

The Hindu

With ‘zero communication’ from the National Rifle Association of India regarding the renewal of his contract as chief coach of 50m rifle 3 positions, Olympian Joydeep Karmakar decided to put in his papers earlier this month. In May, India’s trap coach Russell Mark and his wife and skeet coach Lauryn had also quit citing delay in contract renewal and growing …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Munkhbayar Dorjsuren appointed Indian pistol team’s foreign coach

The Hindu

The National Rifle Association of India on Tuesday appointed two-time Olympic medallist shooter Munkhbayar Dorjsuren as the chief foreign coach of the national pistol team ahead of the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea beginning on July 9. The 55-year-old Farnik, who competed at six consecutive Olympic Games from 1992 to 2012, has already joined the Indian team and has …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Jaspal Rana Was Not Enlisted in 'Essential' Category when NRAI Finalised Its Olympics Accreditation

News 18

Dronacharya awardee coach Jaspal Rana was not enlisted in the “essential” category by the National Rifle Association of India when it finalised its accreditation prioritisation for the Olympics, resulting in him not accompanying his shooter Abhishek Verma to Tokyo. TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS – FULL COVERAGE | INDIA IN FOCUS | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | MEDALS TALLY | PHOTOS | OFF …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Jaspal Rana was not enlisted in 'essential' category when NRAI finalised its Olympics accreditation

India TV News

By Abhishek Hore Dronacharya awardee coach Jaspal Rana was not enlisted in the "essential" category by the National Rifle Association of India when it finalised its accreditation prioritisation for the Olympics, resulting in him not accompanying his shooter Abhishek Verma to Tokyo. As per the list, Mansher Singh, the national shogun coach, was marked in the "required" category for skeet …

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3 years, 4 months ago

The Manu Bhaker-Jaspal Rana Fallout Saga: How it Unfolded

The Quint

The rift was now out in the open. “We all saw how he wrote that personal message on his shirt and paraded around during the World Cup in front of all the Sports Authority of India and NRAI officials. That was the first red flag that was visible,” the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games medallist said. “Differences and rifts do …

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3 years, 4 months ago

NRAI president says "everyone will be evaluated" after shooters struggle at Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu

The National Rifle Association of India president Raninder Singh said everything "humanly possible" was done to prepare the shooting team for the Tokyo Olympics and that he was perplexed by their performance so far. Is it true you tried to get Manu's family and Jaspal back together? I can certainly say it might have had an impact on Manu to …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Manu Bhaker and Jaspal Rana were unable to work together, says NRAI chief Raninder Singh

India Today

National Rifle Association of India President Rainder Singh on Tuesday conceded that some of the young shooters who have competed at the Games so far fell to the Olympic pressure. Raninder's comments came after India's pistol shooters flattered to deceive in the first-ever 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the Games. Raninder Singh also shed light on the differences …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Efforts still on for pistol coach Pavel Smirnov as Indian shooters leave Zagreb for Games

Firstpost

The Olympic-bound team left Zagreb after completing an 80-long competition-cum-training stint in the Balkan nation. New Delhi: Hoping to join the Indian shooting contingent in Tokyo at a later date, foreign pistol coach Pavel Smirnov stayed back in Zagreb as the others on Friday headed for the Olympics via Amsterdam. Before the Indian contingent’s departure, the Croatian and Zagreb shooting …

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3 years, 5 months ago

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

The Hindu

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 …

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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 …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Shooting Coach Monali Gorhe Dies of 'Black Fungus' Aged 44

News 18

In a big loss to the Indian shooting fraternity, coach and technical official Monali Gorhe died of mucormycosis on Thursday. She had also served as the national coach of the Sri Lankan shooting team. She had set up a shooting coaching center called Excel Shooting in Nashik, where she was training hundreds of students in Maharashtra. With great sorrow we …

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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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Khel Ratna list not finalised, says ministry on Manu Bhaker ‘snub’

Exclusive | Shooting is more accessible in India; every national-level shooter can now import a gun: Avani Lekhara’s coach Rakesh Manpat

Inconsistent Selection Policy of NRAI Hurting Indian Shooters, Says Manu Bhaker's Coach Jaspal Rana

NRAI, shooters thrash out role of personal coaches in Paris Olympics build-up

Teen shooter accidentally fires at physio; injury leads to emergency surgery

Five women shooters, including minor, allege sexual harassment against coach

Trap shooting coach Dradi seen with Spanish team in Croatia days after leaving Asian Games camp in Delhi

I perform best when coach Rana is around, says Manu Bhaker

TOPS boss to inquire why shotgun coach Marcello Dradi left Asian Games shooting camp

Asian Games 2022: Indian shotgun contingent most likely to miss foreign coaches, Dradi to head home

Five junior shooters’ participation in Asian Championships subject to clearance from NRAI disciplinary panel

Poor marks to NRAI: Former India coach lambasts National Rifle Association of India for ‘unprofessional’ treatment

Joydeep Karmakar resigns as 50m chief coach after ‘zero communication’ from NRAI regarding contract renewal

Munkhbayar Dorjsuren appointed Indian pistol team’s foreign coach

Jaspal Rana Was Not Enlisted in 'Essential' Category when NRAI Finalised Its Olympics Accreditation

Jaspal Rana was not enlisted in 'essential' category when NRAI finalised its Olympics accreditation

The Manu Bhaker-Jaspal Rana Fallout Saga: How it Unfolded

NRAI president says "everyone will be evaluated" after shooters struggle at Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Manu Bhaker and Jaspal Rana were unable to work together, says NRAI chief Raninder Singh

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Efforts still on for pistol coach Pavel Smirnov as Indian shooters leave Zagreb for Games

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

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

Shooting Coach Monali Gorhe Dies of 'Black Fungus' Aged 44

Indian Shooting Team for Tokyo Olympics Likely to be Announced