India, Feb. 9 -- As twice Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker fought for gold in a tense 25m women's pistol final at the Asian Shooting Championships, her coach Jaspal Rana was barred from taking his position in the coaches' corner at Delhi's Karni Singh Shooting Range.

The jury ruled that the colour of his trousers was in the prohibited list under the world shooting body, ISSF's dress code.

The decision sparked a stir inside the arena with Jaspal, a multiple Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, asking technical officials to specify the shades of 'brown' that were not allowed. He eventually sat in the spectators' gallery.

Manu missed out on gold after two shoot-offs against Vietnam's Thuy Trang Nguyen in a thrilling final, fini...