Indian shooters continued to struggle at the ISSF World Cup (rifle/pistol) on Wednesday, as Samrat Rana, Amit Sharma and Nishant Rawat fell short of making the men’s 10m air pistol final amid China’s dominance. Samrat, a 20-year-old former junior world championship team gold medallist, was the best Indian on the day, finishing 10th in qualification…
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar beat the qualification topper Zhao Wenyu (587) of China by 0.5 points to clinch the gold in the 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the 16th Asian shooting championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Sunday. It was the second individual gold in the Asian championship for the two-time Olympian, the 24-year-old Aishwary, who…
Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan clinched the gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle competition at the 16th Asian Championships on Friday with an impressively composed performance in the final. The 26-year-old from Tamil Nadu, who has multiple gold medals in World Cups and has also been a top finisher in the World Championships, shot…
India’s top shooters assembled at the Dr. Karni Singh range as the preparatory camp for the 16th Asian Shooting Championships got underway on Monday. The championships will be held from August 16 to 30 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, with India sending the largest contingent, comprising 182 shooters across pistol, rifle, and shotgun events in both Olympic…
National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) President Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo was appointed the Interim Chairperson of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Committee on E-Sports, E-Games and technological innovations, the national federation announced on Thursday. “The newly formed committee is a strategic initiative by the ISSF to explore and integrate emerging digital and technological…