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ISSF World Cup | Anish Bhanwala bags bronze in 25m rapid-fire pistol event, India goes top in medals tally

Anish Bhanwala, a medalist from the CWG 2018, took home the bronze in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol on the last day of the ISSF World Cup 2023 in Cairo on Thursday. Bhanwala finished third in the four-man medal match with a total of 21 points after six sets.
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newsshooting5 months ago

ISSF World Championships | Anish Bhanwala and Simranpreet Kaur bag silver in rapid fire pistol mixed team event

Anish and Simranpreet Kaur Brar lost to the seasoned Ukrainian team of Yulia Korostylova and Maksym Horodynets 14-16 in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Mixed Team competition on Thursday. India now has 26 medals in total, including 10 gold, six silver, and 10 bronze, and they are ranked second to China.
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newsshooting9 months ago

ISSF World Cup Changwon | Anish Bhanwala and Rhythm Sangwan secure bronze in 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event

Team India continued their medal-winning spree at the ISSF World Cup Changwon 2022 in South Korea, on Tuesday. This time around, Commonwealth Games champion Anish Bhanwala combined with Rhythm Sangwan to win the bronze medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event, to increase India's tally.
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newsshooting4 years ago

India fail to seal Olympics quota as trio fails in 25m rapid fire event

The young trio of Anish Bhanwala, Adarsh Singh and Anhad Jawanda gave India their first medal-less day as they failed to seal the Olympics berth at the 25m rapid fire event. With the event coming to an end, India’s last hope for increasing medals tally would be the mixed pistol and rifles team.
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newsshooting4 years ago

ISSF World Cup | Yashaswini Singh Deswal clinches gold, confirms India’s ninth place at Tokyo

Yashaswini Singh Deswal clinched the 10m air pistol gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, confirming India’s ninth quota place for Tokyo 2020 in shooting. This was India’s third gold medal at the event, following Elavenil Valarivan and Abhishek Verma’s efforts earlier.
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newsshooting4 years ago

Shooting | Indian coach Pavel Smirnov furious over Visa verdict, feels it will endanger India

Indian pistol coach Pavel Smirnov ridiculed officials for rejecting Visa proposals of the Pakistan contingents and exclaimed that the decision might put India in danger over IOC recognition. Foreign participants of the 25m rapid fire event were also disappointed about the unavailability of quotas.
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newsshooting4 years ago

Withdrawal of quotas was the best possible outcome in the complex situation, states NRAI

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has expressed its gratitude to the ISSF, IOA, and the Sports Ministry for the support during the ISSF World Cup. The NRAI had released a statement to convey gratitude and assured the IOC to address the future consequences of the unprecedented scenario.
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newsshooting4 years ago

Shooting | I will try to get an Olympic berth at the upcoming World Cup, says Anish Bhanwala

Young shooting sensation Anish Bhanwala has stated that he will try to secure an Olympic 2020 spot for himself at the upcoming World Cup. Earlier last year, Bhanwala became the youngest Indian ever to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games at a very young age of only 15 years.
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newsshooting4 years ago

Adarsh Singh registers major upset by beating Anish Bhanwala in shooting nationals

17-year old teenager Adarsh Singh has pipped CWG Gold medalist Anish Bhanwala to clinch the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol national title at the 62nd National Shooting Championship in Kerala on Saturday. Adarsh also won a team gold in the junior category and a silver in the individual junior finals.
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newsshooting5 years ago

We are convinced Jaspal was the best candidate for Dronacharya Award, says Raninder Singh

According to National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh, junior Shooting coach Jaspal Rana was the best name for the Dronacharya Award. As for his contributions, Coach Jaspal Rana had worked towards the development of shooters like Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala.
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