India's double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker in Paris is set to take a break from shooting following the Summer Games. There is a Shooting World Cup scheduled to be held in India in October but Bhaker's coach Jaspal Rana has said that she might miss that event.
Manu Bhaker became the only Indian since independence to win two medals in a single edition of the Summer Games. She claimed bronze in the women's 10m air pistol and then partnered with Sarabjot Singh to bag another bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed event.
Manu Bhaker became only the fifth shooter overall and the first Indian female shooter to bag a medal at the Olympics. The 22-year-old was also in contention for the gold but a minor slip-up meant that she had to settle for bronze.
According to the list, the seasoned pistol coach and former shooter was not a priority for the national federation when it was assigning coaches to the Olympic-bound shooters.
Rana was nominated by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for the Dronacharya Award last year as well but was ignored, causing quite a flutter.
Anjum Moudgil has been reportedly nominated by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
The only thing is that we should not put pressure on these kids. They are too young, they can do a lot of good things but putting pressure on a 17 or 18-year-old kid is not good.
After Narinder Batra suggested that the standards of CWG aren't high and that India should pull-out to improve its own quality, various Indian athletes including Vijender Singh and Jaspal Rana, have voiced their criticism.
Rana is the coach who groomed teen shooting sensations such as Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary and Anish Bhanwala who went to bag several medals at the world stage.
While Saurabh has mentioned Amit Sheroen as his coach in the official records, Manu and Anish Bhanwala have named Suresh Kumar and Harpreet Singh respectively as their mentors.
New Delhi, Jan 10: International shooter Jaspal Rana today quit BJP and joined Congress and is likely to be one of the party's key campaigners in poll-bound Uttarakhand.35-year-old Rana's admission into the party was approved
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