From hospital bed to Asiad gold, Neeru ends India's 48-year wait
New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- As Neeru Dhanda completed her second series of five shots in the women's trap final at the General Shooting Gallery in Aichi on Tuesday, coach Mansher Singh, watching the action with his trainees at Delhi's Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, knew his ward was "switched on". Neeru, at that stage, was in second place behind China's Sun Yunong.
"It was too early to predict but looking at her body language, I knew she was in the zone. When she is in that space, she tends to go the distance," Mansher, a multiple Asian Games medallist in team events, told HT.
Neeru did go the distance, drawing level in the next series before opening a two-point gap in the fourth. She then nailed nine of her next 10 hits to win gold, only the se...
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