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Manu Bhaker settles for Silver after shoot-off thriller

Manu Bhaker settles for Silver after shoot-off thriller

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India added to its growing medal haul at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship in New Delhi on Monday, with Manu Bhaker narrowly missing out on gold in the women’s 25m pistol after a dramatic double shoot-off, while Esha Singh secured the bronze medal. Competing at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, Manu Bhaker finished level with Vietnam’s Thuy Trang Nguyen at 35 shots at the end of the final, forcing a shoot-off to decide the title. The first shoot-off failed to separate the two shooters, with both registering two hits. In the second shoot-off, Nguyen held her nerve as Bhaker dropped three shots, settling for silver after an intense contest. Esha Singh picked up her second individual medal of the championship, finishing third. Esha began strongly, opening the final with a perfect score in the first series and remaining in contention for gold deep into the match. However, a difficult ninth series ended her title challenge, leaving her with the bronze. India’s Rhythm Sangwan narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth. Junior gold boosts India’s medal count …

Shooting: How Charlie Mackesy’s book helped Arjun Babuta overcome Paris Olympics heartbreak and win silver at World Cup | Sport-others News

Shooting: How Charlie Mackesy’s book helped Arjun Babuta overcome Paris Olympics heartbreak and win silver at World Cup | Sport-others News

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Months after he finished up fourth in the men’s 10m air rifle final in Paris Olympics, Arjun Babuta would receive the author Charlie Mackesy’s picture book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse from his coach Deepali Deshpande. The picture-book, which was later made into an 2023 Oscar winning animated short film, revolved around the idea of love, hope, friendship and the courage of asking for help with the storyline involving a boy getting lost in winter wilderness and crossing paths with a mole, a fox and a horse and eventually choosing to stay with his new friends. As Babuta clinced Silver, his first international medal, just 0.1 points behind eventual gold medal winner Sheng Lihao — who won gold at Paris Games — in the men’s 10m air rifle final in ISSF World Cup in Peru, Deshpande’s mind was taken to the book she gifted to Babuta. “It was a different Arjun post the fourth place finish in Paris. For some months, he was searching for answers and would even shut himself …

Varun Tomar crowned 10m Air Pistol National Champion, Saurabh finishes fifth

Varun Tomar crowned 10m Air Pistol National Champion, Saurabh finishes fifth

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Indian Shooter Varun Tomar, representing the Army, has emerged victorious in the 67th National Shooting Championship in the men’s 10m air pistol event held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi, on Sunday. With a stellar performance in the finals, Varun clinched the title with a total score of 238.0, narrowly edging out his Army teammate Pradhyumn Singh, who finished second with 237.2 points. The competition saw a mix of seasoned shooters and rising stars, but it was Varun who maintained his composure to claim the national title. Aakash Bhardwaj from Rajasthan completed the podium with a total of 217.4, securing the third position Former world No. 1 and multiple ISSF World Cup medallist Saurabh Chaudhary, who represented Railways, could not replicate his qualification success in the final and finished in fifth position with a total of 175.8. Saurabh, who had earlier set a national record of 591 during the qualification rounds, was unable to maintain the same rhythm in the high-pressure final. Varun Tomar is the 10m Air Pistol National Champion. 🫡✅ …

Paris Olympics: At selection trials, rookie Sandeep Singh gives world champion a scare, showcasing India’s depth in rifle shooting | Sport-others News

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Until he joined the Army, Sandeep Singh hadn’t considered shooting as a career choice. For nearly two years, between 2021 and 2023, he barely even practised. And has competed in just one international event. Now, the young rifle shooter finds himself in the mix for a Paris Olympics berth. And it could very likely come at the expense for a former world champion, world number 1 and world record holder shooter, Rudrankksh Patil. As the first half of the Indian pistol/rifle shooting trials for the Paris Olympics drew to a close on Saturday, the men’s 10m air rifle category is seeing an intriguing battle. But few would have imagined that a shooter with little international experience would push other more established stars, who won Olympic quotas, for a spot in Paris-bound team. Patil has been unexpectedly upstaged in the first two of four trials in New Delhi this week. Tokyo Olympian Divyansh Panwar, Sri Karthik Sabari and Arjun Babuta finished top three in the final of the second trial on Saturday. But 28-year-old Army shooter …