Impressed with the performance of the Indian shooting contingent in Gold Coast, ace marksmen Jitu Rai is worried about the adverse effect that non-inclusion of the sport in the 2022 Birmingham Games will have on young talent.
Jitu Rai broke the CWG record (235.1) to claim the top prize by some distance in the finals after being placed fourth in the qualification phase with 570.
Star shooter Jitu Rai bagged the first gold in shooting for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games with a masterful performance in the men's 10m Air Pistol event here on Monday.
India have left their mark in every field and this time, all the hopes lie on the star players to bring home plenty of silverware.
The Meerut-based Rizvi shot a world record 242. 3 in the 10m air pistol event's final to beat reigning Olympic champion Christian Reitz of Germany, 239.7, to win the top prize.
Amanpreet pipped Turkey's Yusuf Dikec and Dimitrije Grgic of Serbia to the bronze medal, while also getting the better of Iran's Vahid Golkhandan.
Rai, fresh from his gold medal in the air pistol mixed event along with Heena Sidhu, could not make the final of the men's 10m air pistol and was placed ninth.
Rai and Heena picked up their third gold together in the mixed team event, being held officially for the first time at an ISSF World Cup.
India will be hosting the annual event for the first time, where the top performers in four editions of the World Cups get selected.
Jitu says his dream is to win a gold in the World Championships.
India’s ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai scripted history at the Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi after on Wednesday by clinching the top position in the 50m men’s air pistol event
Indian shooter Ankur Mittal clinched the silver medal in Men's Double trap event in the ongoing ISSF World Cup after the duo of Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu claimed the top prize in 10m air pistol mixed event.
In Pics! Sindhu, Sakshi , Dipa , Jitu honoured with Khel Ratna Award
Ace shooter Jitu Rai has been recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for his exploits in pistol shooting in the last two years.
Women archers Laishram Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari along with boxer Manoj Kumar scripted a triumph of their respective events on another day of exits for India contingent at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Whereas,
India’s campaign in the Olympic shooting competition got off on a disappointing note with medal hope Jitu Rai finishing eighth in the men’s 10 metre Air Pistol event on Saturday.
Aiming for glory, Indian shooter Jitu Rai qualified for the finals of the 10 metre Air Pistol event at the Rio Olympics today. Jitu scored 580, including 22 10s, after posting rounds of 96, 96,
Baku, Azerbaijan: ‘Pistol King’ Jitu Rai pipped three-time Olympic champion Jongoh Jin of Korea to clinch silver medal at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Baku on Saturday, signalling his intentions ahead of the Rio
New Delhi: Having rediscovered his old form, Olympic medallist Gagan Narang of India has achieved the number one spot in men's 50m rifle prone shooting category in Asia.The 32-year-old Narang has 971 points to his
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