ISSF World Cup: Ganemat Sekhon Is First Indian Woman Skeet Shooter To Win A Medal
Young Indian shooter Ganemat Sekhon won her first senior ISSF World Cup medal in the women’s skeet.
Young Indian shooter Ganemat Sekhon won her first senior ISSF World Cup medal in the women’s skeet.
Zeena’s father, Prithvi Raj Khitta, is an apple farmer. She claims that she learnt about rifles from her grandfather who used it to keep wild animals away from their apple orchards.
Fourteen-year-old Esha Singh won a gold in the Asian Shooting Championships in November 2019. The pistol shooter from Hyderabad had displayed great form and bettered India’s best – Heena Sidhu and Manu Bhaker – to win three gold medals at the 62nd National Shooting Championships. Born to a Racer father, Esha also won the Women’s, Youth Women’s and Junior Women’s 10m Air […]
Mehuli outclassed her senior’s record score, thus creating a new world record but the results of the South Asian Games aren’t recognised by the ISSF for maintaining records so Mehuli’s record would be counted as an unofficial score.
The 20-year-old from Tamil Nadu had earlier won gold medals at ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney and Suhl in 2018.
Manu Bhaker is an Asian Champion, a Youth Olympics Champion and reigning Commonwealth Champion.
Last year, the new shooting prodigy was felicitated as the national champion, after she bettered India’s best- Heena Sidhu and Manu Bhaker to win three gold medals at the 62nd National Shooting Championships.
The star shooter Manu Bhaker is an Asian Champion, a Youth Olympics Champion and reigning Commonwealth Champion.
Mehuli stole the limelight, winning the senior women’s 10m air rifle with a score of 252. She surpassed the score of Madhya Pradesh’s Shreya Agrawal who finished with 251.2 to earn second place.
Elavenil is only the third Indian shooter after Apurvi Chandela and Anjali Bhagwat to win a gold medal at the event.