Dehradun, June 13 -- One of India's ace marksmen, Jaspal Rana earned for his country an impressive haul of gold, silver and bronze medals and had become a sports icon at a considerably young age. Happily he was still going strong as a coach. The ace shooter was easily one of the best sportspersons that Uttarakhand has produced. Each year he won more and more laurels for his country, even though personally he always felt his best was yet to come. Jaspal showed his marksmanship in centre-fire pistol and rapid fire pistol firing and most of the gold medals that he won had been notched up with impressive margins. Rana had given tough fights to his compatriots Samaresh Jung and Ronak Pandit.
Rana loved to spend most of his non-playing time in D...