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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 …

The National Rifle Association of India has requested the Sports Ministry to include the names of three shotgun shooters -- skeet marksman Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and women’s trap shooters Manisha Keer and Preeti Rajak -- in the Asian Games contingent to raise the country’s medal hopes at the continental event. Now, with Angad having shot 121 at the World …

The National Rifle Association of India may or may not appoint full-time foreign coaches for the positions that have fallen vacant following the departure of trap and skeet coaches, Russell Mark and his wife Lauryn, over contractual issues. The departure of the two Australian shotgun coaches has come at a crucial time for India as three top-notch events -- the …

Indian shooting has been on a sound footing in recent times. Two time world champion and Olympic champion Russell Mark, and his wife Lauryn Mark had to quit their job as coaches of the Indian shotgun team for trap and skeet by the end of May, as the NRAI did not renew their contract that expired in March. In their …

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

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

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 …

From Italy to Croatia, Indian skeet shooters drive between countries for COVID-19 jabs

India's Olympic-bound skeet shooters Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa on Thursday entered Croatian capital Zagreb after driving all the way from Italy to get jabbed for COVID-19. Training in Italy under their respective coaches for the upcoming Tokyo Games, both the Indian skeet shooters skipped the ISSF World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, which will conclude on Friday, …

From Italy to Croatia, Indian Skeet Shooters Drive Between Countries for Covid-19 Jabs

India’s Olympic-bound skeet shooters Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa on Thursday entered Croatian capital Zagreb after driving all the way from Italy to get jabbed for COVID-19. Training in Italy under their respective coaches for the upcoming Tokyo Games, both the Indian skeet shooters skipped the ISSF World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, which will conclude on Friday, …

Foreign Skeet Coach Abandons Indian Shooters before Tokyo Olympics

Italian skeet coach Ennio Falco will not train Indian shooters preparing for this year’s Olympic Games as he has joined the Qatar national squad, an official of the National Rifle Association of India said on Saturday. Falco, 52, a former Olympic champion, had put in his papers in August 2020 as his request to have a say in the national …