Saurabh Chaudhary swept the men's 50m pistol national selection trials, winning three gold medals and a silver across the senior and junior categories.
The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish ahead of Germany's Michael Schwald (6).
A glance at why the young Indian shooters don't have a medal to show at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after all the hype and expectations that were created around them.
Considered the team's best bet for a podium finish, the duo of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker caved in under pressure and failed to qualify for the final of the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
In the 10m air pistol mixed team event, the formidable pair of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker will fancy their chances after a terrific run in recent years, during which they dominated almost all major competitions.
Everyone had high hopes for a medal from him and Chaudhary lived up to that when he topped the qualification round with a score of 586.
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.
India's Saurabh Chaudhary finished first and qualified for the final of men's 10m Air Pistol event.
Rai is also backing the industrious Yashaswini Singh Deswal and the extremely talented Manu Bhaker to "do something good" at the Games in Tokyo.
Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary ended with a silver medal in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event at the ISSF World Cup in Croatia.
Participating in the Minimum Qualifying Section (MQS) section as guest invitees, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar began the day by shooting a combined score of 630.6 in the first qualifying round.
World Cup and Asian Games gold medallist Chaudhary shot 589 to top the chart in his event's MQS, while compatriot Abhishek Verma was fourth with 579.
The fancied world number four Chaudhary was humbled in the final shot by Iran's Javed Foroughi, currently ranked 107th in the ISSF rankings.
Indian sports shooter Saurabh Chaudhary was conferred with Arjuna Award by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind on August 29. National Sports Awards 2020 ceremony was held virtually amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Having worked with him for years now, the coach understands very well that Chaudhary is always less troubled than others by anything, or, to put it in another way, more at ease than his equally talented compatriots. All these despite him being only a 17-year-old.
Chaudhary, who has booked an Olympic quota place, shot a total of 588 to finish ahead of another Tokyo Games quota place holder Abhishek Varma (585) and Annuraj Singh (579) in the 10m air rifle men and women combined qualification.
17-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary won the silver medal in the 10m air pistol event at the ongoing Asian Shooting Championship.
Manu Bhaker, who won gold in the mixed team 10m air pistol event in all the four World Cups this year with Saurabh Chaudhary, talked about their partnership and expectations from Tokyo Olympics.
In the air pistol final, the pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary prevailed over Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Abhishek Verma 17-15 in a nerve-wracking contest.
India added another gold and silver on Thursday at the ISSF World Cup, courtesy Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Choudhary in the 10m Air Pistol event.
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