Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Christian Reitz claimed the Olympic title of the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol on Saturday, the third gold in shooting for Team Germany at the Rio Games. Reitz scored 34 hits in the final, outscoring silver
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Indian shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan crashed out of men’s Skeet qualification round after finishing ninth following a shoot-off for the fifth and sixth place here on Saturday. Mairaj, who shot a total of 121 along with
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Indian shooter Gurpreet Singh failed to qualify for the final round of the men’s 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol qualifying event at the Rio Olympics here on Saturday. Gurpreet finished seventh, just outside the six qualifying spots,
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Indian shooter Gurpreet Singh put up a disappointing performance as he finished in the tenth position in the men’s 25-metre rapid fire pistol qualification event at the Rio Olympics here on Friday. Gurpreet scored 289 points
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) After failing to reach the finals of the men’s 50 metres Rifle Prone competition in the Olympics on Friday, Indian shooter Gagan Narang said he pinned his medal hopes on his next event, the Rifle Three
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Jin Jongoh from South Korea edged Vietnamese Hoang Xuan Vinh to win gold at men’ s 50m rifle event, taking home the third straight Olympic gold medal on this event. Jin scored 193.7 points in the
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS) “I let my country down. There was wind but I don’t want to make any excuses,” a dejected Jitu Rai told reporters after finishing 12th at the 50m Pistol Men’s event in the qualification round at
Shooters Jitu Rai and Prakash Nanjappa missed the finals of 50 metre Pistol Men’s event finishing 12th and 25th, respectively, in the qualification round at the Olympic Shooting centre here on Wednesday. Jitu consistently managed to hit the bull’s eye on nine
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist, missed a medal at the ongoing Rio Games, finishing fourth in the men’s 10m Air Rifle competition at the shooting centre here on Monday. With his loss, India’s
Shooter Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed out on a medal in his Olympic swansong as the men’s hockey team suffered a late 1-2 defeat to Germany in its second match of the pool phase in a disappointing start to Monday’s campaign for India