Friday, May 15, 2015

Gagan Narang secures Rio Olympic berth

Gagan Narang, the London Olympic bronze medallist booked his birth for Rio Olympic in 2016 with winning bronze in the 50m Rifle Prone event at ISSF World cup at Fort Benning in USA on Friday.
Narang is the third Indian Shooter to make cut for the global event after Apurvi  Chandela and Jitu Rai. Chandela had it by winning bronze in the 10m Rifle at the World Cup in Korea last month. Jitu Rai had reserved his birth with a Silver medal at the World Championship in Granada, Spain last year.
Along with Gagan Narang, India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist had failed to qualify for the event in 10m Rifle final in the competition.

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