New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Young Samrat Rana, a 20-year-old from an agricultural family in Karnal, playing in only his second senior international, stunned the shooting world by being crowned world champion in the men's 10m air pistol Olympic event, outgunning some legends of the sport.
Late on Monday (Nov 10) evening at the Olympic Shooting range in Cairo, Varun Tomar added the icing to India's triumph with a bronze to make it a historic first double podium for India in any Olympic discipline at an International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship.
Rana shot 243.7 in the 24-shot final, to leave Hu Kai of China 0.4 behind in silver medal position. Rana is a third-year student at Kurukshetra University. His senior teammate Tomar...