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SHOOTING<br />
The popular sport of Shooting was held from 9th to 15th<br />
February 2016 at the Kahilipara Shooting Range in Guwahati.<br />
The men’s competition featured team and individual events<br />
in 10m air rifle, 10m air pistol, 25m centre fire pistol, 25m<br />
standard pistol, 25m rapid fire pistol, 50m pistol, 50m rifle<br />
prone and 50m rifle 3 position while the women’s competition<br />
featured team and individual events in 10m air rifle, 10m<br />
air pistol, 25m pistol, 50m rifle prone and 50m rifle 3 positions.<br />
The sport had participation of a total of 60 male and<br />
55 female athletes with 26 team officials. Athletes from all<br />
nations except Afghanistan participated in shooting.<br />
Hosts India, which is now one of the power houses in world<br />
shooting, showed its mettle winning 25 out of the 26 Gold<br />
medals on offer with Bangladesh winning the remaining<br />
Gold. The shooting range was lit up by the performances of<br />
ace Indian shooters Gagan Narang, Chain Singh, Gurpreet<br />
Singh, Vijay Kumar, Apurvi Chandela, Heena Sindhu as well<br />
as young Indian shooters like Anjum Moudgil. Ahmed Sakil<br />
the solitary non-indian gold medal winner brought cheers for<br />
the Bangladesh contingent by becoming the first pistol shooter<br />
to win a gold medal in an international event after a gap of<br />
23 years. Bangladesh last won an international gold medal in<br />
shooting at the South Asian Games held in Dhaka in 1993.<br />
The high precision technical sport was conducted flawlessly<br />
by 10 ITOs, 41 NTOs and Competition Director Shri Bhaba<br />
Kalita.<br />
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12 th SOUTH ASIAN GAMES | POST GAMES REPORT
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