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Pawan Singh has become the first shooting jury from India to get selected for the Olympics as ISSF appointed him to officiate in the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Pawan will join the four-member team of the Result, Timing and Score (RTS) Jury member at the global sporting extravaganza next year.

India’s Kenan Chenai shot a commendable 122 out of 125 in qualifying but still failed to make it to the finals after finding himself in seven-man shoot-off against superior opponents. The Hyderabad shooter missed his eighth shoot-off target to finish seventh at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in the UAE.

Abhinav Bindra is of the opinion that only India is improving in shooting while all other countries are stagnated. The Olympics gold-medallist is hopeful that more Indian sportspersons will qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and then there will be more chances of winning medals.

Sarabjot Singh has won the men’s 10m air pistol event at the ongoing 12th Asian Airgun Championship in Taoyuan, Taipei. In the corresponding event for the female shooters, Esha Singh has bagged another gold medal for India to take the overhaul tally of golds to eight in the championship.