19-year-old Manu Bhaker is one of the country’s biggest medal prospects at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.

While securing a Olympic Quota Anjum also becomes the first woman to win an Individual Air Rifle medal at the World Championships in the Senior category last year.

Himachal Pradesh’s Zeena Khitta won gold in the 10m air rifle event at the Khelo India Youth Games with a score of 251.3 on Tuesday.

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 […]

In September 2018, Anjum became the first Indian shooter to secure am Olympic quota for India. She claimed silver medal in Women’s 10m air rifle event at ISSF World Championships in South Korea and emerged on top.

The remarkable shooter from Himachal Pradesh went ahead in the game to surpass the likes of world No. 1 Elavenil Valarivan, World No. 3 Apurvi Chandela, Anjum Moudgil and West Bengal’s Mehuli Ghosh.

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.

“Although I missed out on the gold, I am still very proud to hold the national record. Some really classy names I climbed up over” – Rajeshwari Kumari