Young shooters Varun Tomar and Esha Singh secured two Olympic quota places for India with gold medals.
Swapnil Kusale fought his way back to win the bronze in his very first appearance at the Olympic Games.
Kim was speaking at the event in Imsil, the county that she represented for seven years in the southern part of South Korea
In a bizarre incident, a national-level shooter recently lost his left thumb when the 10m air pistol cylinder he was filling exploded, at the Karni Singh Range.
Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya called the shooting World Cup final, which commenced in New Delhi on Monday, a celebration of excellence and added that the country felt honoured to welcome the best in the business.
Rudrankksh Patil and Mehuli Ghosh gave India its fifth gold medal at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers.
From feeling hopeless to Olympic medal three days later, the changing fortunes of shooter Sarabjot Singh
Indian men settled for a bronze medal after narrowly missing the silver in the 10m air pistol event at the Ongnyeon shooting range, continuing their good run in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Sunday.
At 22, Manu Bhaker has already become one of India's greatest athletes by winning two medals in the same Olympics.
No Indian athlete since Independence has won multiple medals at a single Games.
Took me a long time to get over Tokyo, feels surreal right now: Manu Bhaker
India's Prakash Nanjappa won a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at Changwon, Korea on Saturday.
Horse riding, bharatnatyam and skating on Manu's mind during break from shooting
All Indian athletes who've qualified for the paralympic games
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 4, Tuesday, July 30, 2024:
Sandeep Singh, who had topped the national trials in 10m air rifle, narrowly missed qualification after finishing ninth with a score of 631.4.
The gigantic Stade de France resembled a concert hall hosting a party to celebrate the fortnight of sporting excellence as the breathtaking Closing Ceremony of the Paris Olympics kicked-off with athletes marching into the iconic stadium to thunderous applause in Paris on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Sarabjot Singh locked the Paris Olympics quota by winning a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol.
National pistol coach Jung faces eviction from home within hours of returning from Olympics
Leading medal hope in shooting, army's Jitu Rai, qualified for the men's 10 m air pistol by finishing sixth out of 46 competitors in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The other Indian in the fray Gurpreet Singh crashed out finishing 20th with a score of 576.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 6, Thursday, August 1, 2024:
Para shooter Rubina Francis lights up India's day with bronze at Paris Paralympics on Saturday.
Jaspal Rana's obsession with shooting behind Manu's Olympic success
How India's athletes fared at the Paris Paralympic Games on Friday.
The Indian hockey team entered the Olympic semifinals for a second successive edition but Lakshya Sen's zealous push for a gold turned into a hunt for bronze on a bitter-sweet Sunday for India at the Paris Games.
'Our conversations were usually brief and limited to 'Apna 100 per cent dena hai (we have to give our 100 per cent)'. Apart from that, we enjoyed some banter. Sometimes I would make fun of her, sometimes she would of me.'
Paris Olympics hero P R Sreejesh made a stylish statement on Sunday.
Sindhu joins senior country-mate Anish Bhanwala in securing a Paris berth in the 25m rapid fire.
Debutant Anuradha Devi won a silver medal in the women's 10m air pistol event behind Rio Olympic champion Anna Korakakki of Greece at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.
When in Landour, discovers Supriya Newar, one of the most important things to do and that too in large measures, is to do nothing at all.
'I might have to compete in para category, but all that I will know when my injury report is made after four weeks," the shooter, who hails from Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh.'
Manu Bhaker hopes her Paris feat is just the start for India's women athletes
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2, on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
Sift shot 452.9 and missed silver by an agonising 0.1 to China's Han Jiayu, the reigning air rifle women's world champion.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 7, Friday, August 2, 2024:
Modi lauded the shooter for the manner in which she redeemed herself after the disappointment in Tokyo.
Here's your complete guide to when India's athletes compete at the Paris Olympics, with dates, events, and timings in IST.
Star Indian shooter Jitu Rai was way off the mark in the men's 10m Air Pistol final, finishing a lowly eighth to bow out of the competition in the Rio Olympics on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. Army's Jitu, bronze medalist at Incheon Asian Games in the event in 2014, shot an overall 78.7 to finish eighth in the field of eight finalists to become the first shooter to crash out of the final round.
Devanshi, Lakshita secure another double podium for India in 10M World Cup
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