New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- When Parth Mane video-called his coach Suma Shirur to show his first senior international medal - which happened to be an Asian Games 10m air rifle team silver - on Monday, his teammates Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil stopped by to convey their greetings to the former national rifle coach.

"It was so nice," said Shirur, smiling, "because I've seen these kids grow up."

Particularly the 18-year-old Parth, whose shooting ambitions took him hustling from Solapur to Pune to Navi Mumbai. At Aichi-Nagoya, he reaped a medal at his debut Games and a fourth-place finish in the 10m air rifle mixed team with Elavenil Valarivan on Tuesday.

The Indian duo shot a solid 634.6 points in qualification, only behind China's q...