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[ad_1] Reigning Asian Games champion Palak Gulia bagged the 20th Paris Olympic quota place in shooting for the country, clinching the bronze medal in the women's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship (Rifle and Pistol) in Rio De Janeiro on Sunday. The 18-year-old from Jhajjar, Haryana, who had won an individual gold and team silver in the 10m air pistol at the Hangzhou Asian Games, overcame a slow start in the 24-shot final, displaying nerves of steel to climb steadily up the leaderboard and eventually end up scoring 217.6.She eventually bowed out after the 22nd shot to settle for third place.Armenia's Elmira Karapetyan won gold, while Thai teenager Kamonlak Saencha clinched the silver and the second available quota place.India have now clinched a maxi...

[ad_1] Aishwary Tomar was representing Madhya Pradesh in the national trials.© X (Twitter) Olympian shooter Aishwary Tomar bettered world record score while winning the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) national trials in Bhopal on Monday. The 23-year-old Tomar, who was ...

[ad_1] More than 150 shotgun shooters are sweating over their participation in crucial national Olympic trials later this month in Patiala in the wake of the farmers' agitation and the restrictions imposed on inter-state travel. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has convened two meetings but they have not yet altered the venue or the dates for the third selection trials because of several issues, including a "packed calendar" and the impending "announcement of the general elections". The scores in the selection trials, to be held at the Moti Bagh Gun Club Ranges in Patiala f...

[ad_1] Lakshya Sheoran finished third despite leading the 50-shot final for most of it.© AFP Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran won bronze in men's trap but missed one of the two available Paris 2024 Olympics quota places by a whisker in the Asia Olympic Quali...

[ad_1] Yogesh Singh claimed the individual gold medal after shooting 573.© X (Twitter) Indian shooters' gold rush continued in the Asia Olympic Qualifiers with Yogesh Singh winning the top prize in individual as well as team event of the men's 25m centre fire pistol competition in Jakarta on Monday. Yogesh claimed the individual gold medal a...

[ad_1] File image of Vijayveer Sidhu© Twitter India's Vijayveer Sidhu clinched a 17th Paris Games quota place for the country while clinching a silver medal in the men's 25m rapid-fire event at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers in Jakarta on Saturday. The 21-year-old team bro...

[ad_1] Rhythm Sangwan became the 16th Indian shooter to win a Paris Olympic quota place with a bronze medal in the 25m sports pistol event at the Asia Qualifiers in Jakarta on Thursday. With Rhythm's qualification, India secured its highest-ever number of quota places for the July-August Games, with the previous best being the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where the country had sent 15 shooters. This is the third Olympic quota place for India here after Esha Singh and Varun Tomar bagged the 10m air pistol women's and men's spots on Monday.The 20-year-old Rhythm, who hails from Haryana and was a part of the team that won the 25m sports pistol gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year along with Esha and Manu Bhaker, shot 28 in the final to settle for bronze.But her third-position finish was enough...

[ad_1] Young Indian shooters Varun Tomar and Esha Singh on Monday secured two Olympic quota places for the country with gold medals in the men's and women's 10m Air Pistol events of the Asian Qualifiers in Jakarta. The duo's qualification took the total number of Indian shooters bound for Paris to 15, equalling the highest-ever tally that was achieved in the Tokyo Games. India can add more to the group headed for the Games in July-August this year when the remaining qualifiers are held.India secured six medals on Monday, including two team golds, at the continental event.The 20-year-old Tomar shot 239.6 in the final to claim the top position, while Arjun Cheema won the silver medal with a score of 237.3. Mongolia's Davaakhuu Enkhtaivan (217.2) won the bronze medal.Earlier, Tomar (586), C...

[ad_1] It was a virtual who's who of India's shooting at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting range on Saturday. Olympians Manu Bhaker and Anjum Moudgil, and World Championship Silver medallist Anish Bhanwala gave away medals at the inaugural Khelo India Para Games winners, but they did not leave empty-handed themselves. The troika of Indian shooters, all aspiring to play at the Paris 2024 Olympics perhaps returned with a bigger prize - the inspiration and motivation they need as the race heats up for the Summer Games.Admiring the mental tenacity, the unyielding enthusiasm, and the sheer courage and will power of the para shooters, Anjum Moudgil felt she learned a new lesson with each interaction."I am really happy that I got this opportunity to present the medals to Para winners. I look up to th...