Indian shooter Vijayveer Sidhu who was part of the trio that clinched India's first medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol felt proud after getting felicitated on Thursday.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday expressed his belief that the Indian contingent will break the highest record for the medal tally in the ongoing Asian Games.
On Thursday, India won a gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol Team event following which one of the shooters, Arjun Cheema, said that they had gone through all the ups and downs.
India's stellar performance in shooting events continues as the shooters Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema bagged gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol Team at the Hangzhou Asian Games here on Friday
Olympic Council of Asia's (OCA) acting president Randhir Singh heaped praise on Indian shooters for their exceptional performance in the ongoing Asian Games.
Indian shooters Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita Jindal lost 20-18 against the Republic of Korea in the 10m air rifle mixed team bronze medal at the ongoing 19th Asian Games on Tuesday.
It was a 'Golden Day' for India on Day 7 of the Hangzhou Asain Games on Monday, as the country secured two golds and four bronzes in the Chinese port city.
Asian Games in Hangzhou, China will start from September 23 onwards and will go on till October 8. Shooting events will start from September 24 to October 1 and will feature 33 Indian players.
This is India's first medal in the tournament. The Rio event will be the last ISSF World Cup for rifles and pistol shooters in 2023 before the finals in Doha, Qatar, from November 18 to 27.
"The development came four days after AGTF in a pan-India operation had arrested three key shooters of Gangster Sonu Khatri after recovering three foreign-made sophisticated pistols of .32 bore from their possession. Accused Sukhman Brar was arrested from the Indo-Nepal Border, while he was