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Saurabh finishes 7th in 10m pistol final after shining in qualifications

Indian medal hope Saurabh Chaudhary could not replicate the form he displayed in the qualifications to finish a disappointing seventh in the men's 10m air pistol final at the Tokyo Olympics here

India at Olympics: Apurvi, Elavenil fail to qualify for 10m air rifle final

Indian shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics 2021 as first-timer Elavanil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event

Olympics: On eve of Indian shooters' events, coaches remain confident

Indian shooting team coaches Deepali Deshpande and Ronak Pandit sounded optimistic on the eve of the shooters' first big test in the Tokyo Olympics here. Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan will represent India as the shooting events begin on Saturday with the women's 10m air rifle competition at the Asaka Range. That will be followed by the men's 10m air pistol qualification and the final with Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma in action. Coaches of both the rifle and pistol camps were upbeat after completion of pre-event training. National rifle coach Deepali Deshpande said, "The girls are all raring to go and training today has been as planned. We are confident of a good showing tomorrow." Also sharing his thoughts was pistol coach Ronak. "Yes the boys trained for an hour today as did other members of the squad and they are all shaping up well. We are all looking forward to the start of competitions and are focused on the job ahead," Ronak said. India is being represente

Tokyo Olympics: I'll put my money on Saurabh, Sarnobat, says Anjali Bhagwat

Tokyo Olympics: I'll put my money on Saurabh, Sarnobat, says Anjali Bhagwat

Shooters all set to launch India's gold quest at Tokyo Olympics

India's 10m air rifle women's duo of Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan and the men's 10m air pistol pair of Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma will kick off India's medal hunt

Manu and I have put in place a plan: Coach Ronak Pandit ahead of Olympics

In less than than three months of training at the range, coach Ronak Pandit and Manu Bhaker have "put in place a plan", giving impetus to the pistol prodigy's hopes of a podium finish in Olympics

India's 10m air rifle teams get just 20 minutes of training in Tokyo

India's 10m air rifle shooters had to make do with just 20 minutes of training at the Asaka Shooting Range due to an issue arising out of distribution of time slots

Tokyo Olympics 2021 India contingent: List of Indian athletes, officials

India's Olympic contingent for Tokyo 2020 includes 127 participants from 18 sports, including two alternate players and one reserve goalie in men's and women's hockey squads, respectively

Coordinate with police on shooting schedules in Mumbai: CM tells filmmakers

Thackeray said the Maha Vikas Aghadi government is treading cautiously on relaxing the restrictions

Ronak, Oleg, Samaresh among 7 shooting coaches bound for Tokyo

Ronak Pandit, who has been training medal prospect Manu Bhaker for past six months, Oleg Mikhailov and Samaresh Jung are among the seven coaches travelling with the Indian shooting squad

2022 Commonwealth archery, shooting in India cancelled due to Covid threat

The inaugural edition of the Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships, which was set to be held in Chandigarh next year has been cancelled, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has announced

India's Olympic-bound shooters eye strong show in ISSF World Cup

India's Olympic-bound rifle and pistol shooters will take part in the ISSF final World Cup of this year beginning here from Thursday, their last competitive outing before the Tokyo Games

Olympics: Indian shooters to start training from Monday in Zagreb

They will also compete in this month's World Cup

School shooting in Russia kills 9 people, suspect arrested: Report

21 people were hospitalised with wounds after the attack, including 18 children, six of whom were in severely grave condition

I wanted shooters to train in safe environment: Rijiju on Croatia tour

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said his endeavour was to arrange a safe environment for the Olympic-bound shooters, who will soon be leaving the coronavirus-ravaged India to train and compete in Croatia

Three killed, three injured in Wisconsin bar shooting in US; one arrested

One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident at a bar in Wisconsin in the US in which three persons were killed and three injured, officials said

Gold rush continues for India but 16th Olympic quota eludes host nation

A 16th Olympic quota eluded India but the gold rush continued unabated as the host nation consolidated its top position in the pecking order with two more yellow metals in the ISSF shooting World Cup

National shooting meet postponed due to rising Corona cases

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Friday announced that it has postponed next month's National Championships

ISSF World Cup: India add gold, silver to continue dominant run

The Indian juggernaut remained unstoppable at the ISSF shooting World Cup with the country's women shooters grabbing the spotlight by clinching the 25m pistol team gold medal

Narwal shoots second gold in Para-Shooting WC with new world record

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 here on Tuesday