At the brand new Trishul Shooting Range in Dehradun, Haryana's Asian Games bronze medallist shooter Ramita Jindal turned in a world class performance to top the qualification round in the women's 10m air rifle event.
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Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell.
Elavenil Valarivan and Anish Bhanwala, two of India's finest young shooters, were on Friday named in a 34-member core group for the Tokyo Olympics. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) released the list of shooters who will be training separately for the quadrennial sporting extravaganza, scheduled to be held next summer after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Games back by a year.
India now have three gold, three silver and three bronze medals after four days of competition.
Junior shooters deliver 2 gold, 1 silver for India at world championships
Narang preferred to remain practical as far as another shot at the Olympics is concerned.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
'Sport is cruel, as is life, which is why winning becomes sweet.'