Sunday, September 10, 2006
Shooting Sport Gets Boost in Agra with New Range
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra: A new shooting range has come up here, giving a platform to local shooters to make a mark for themselves and add to India's bulging international medal kitty.
Ongoing 29th State Shooting Championship is the first competition to be held at the range, which was opened by divisional commissioner Ashok Kumar.
Shooting has become the most productive sport in India, with Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore's silver medal at Athens Olympic Games helping in popularizing the sport. At Melbourne Commonwealth Games in March, Indian shooters ruled the roost winning 27 medals, including 16 gold. Pistol ace Samresh Jung was the pick of lot, as he won 5 gold, one silver and one bronze medal to be named the best athlete of the games. In July, Abhinav Bindra won 10-metre air rifle gold at World Championship in Zagreb, Croatia, and qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Besides Bindra, Gagan Narang, Rathore, Anjali Bhagwat and Manavjit Singh Sandhu have booked their berths for the Olympics.
Agra: A new shooting range has come up here, giving a platform to local shooters to make a mark for themselves and add to India's bulging international medal kitty.
Ongoing 29th State Shooting Championship is the first competition to be held at the range, which was opened by divisional commissioner Ashok Kumar.
Shooting has become the most productive sport in India, with Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore's silver medal at Athens Olympic Games helping in popularizing the sport. At Melbourne Commonwealth Games in March, Indian shooters ruled the roost winning 27 medals, including 16 gold. Pistol ace Samresh Jung was the pick of lot, as he won 5 gold, one silver and one bronze medal to be named the best athlete of the games. In July, Abhinav Bindra won 10-metre air rifle gold at World Championship in Zagreb, Croatia, and qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Besides Bindra, Gagan Narang, Rathore, Anjali Bhagwat and Manavjit Singh Sandhu have booked their berths for the Olympics.
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