July 15, 2021 8:57 AM

Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant 'strong contenders' for Tokyo Olympics

With 9 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, AIR today will take a look at India's 50m women's Rifle team consisting of Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant.<br />'' <b></b><br />''Born on January 05, 1994 in Chandigarh, Anjum Moudgil is ranked No. 27 in the world. Anjum first shot into prominence by winning a silver at the ISSF World Cup Guadalajara in 2018 in 50m Rifle Three Position. She followed it...

July 15, 2021 8:57 AM

Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant 'strong contenders' for Tokyo Olympics

With 9 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, AIR today will take a look at India's 50m women's Rifle team consisting of Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant.<br />'' <b></b><br />''Born on January 05, 1994 in Chandigarh, Anjum Moudgil is ranked No. 27 in the world. Anjum first shot into prominence by winning a silver at the ISSF World Cup Guadalajara in 2018 in 50m Rifle Three Position. She followed it...

July 15, 2021 8:57 AM

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

With 9 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, AIR today will take a look at India's 50m women's Rifle team consisting of Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant.<br />'' <b></b><br />''Born on January 05, 1994 in Chandigarh, Anjum Moudgil is ranked No. 27 in the world. Anjum first shot into prominence by winning a silver at the ISSF World Cup Guadalajara in 2018 in 50m Rifle Three Position. She followed it...

June 23, 2021 9:27 AM

With 31 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, All India Radio will focus on young female shooter Elavenil Valarivan.   Today we talk about Tamil Nadu born Indian female shooter Elavenil Velarivan who started her shooting journey from Shamskar Dham Shooting Range and after that she refined her game at Gagan Narang Academy.   She finished first in the 2019 ISSF 10m Air Rifle World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.In this achievement of his, She made her stand in the claim of medals in the Olympics 2020. Elaven...

May 7, 2021 9:21 PM

Wrestler Sumit Malik earns Olympic quota in Men's 125kg Freestyle category

Wrestler Sumit Malik has secured a Tokyo Olympics berth after reaching the final in the 125 kilogram free style category of the World wrestling qualifier at Sofia in Bulgaria.   In the qualifier final, Sumit will fight with Russian wrestler Sergei Kozyrev for Gold. In the semisfinals, he defeated Jose Diaz Robertti of Venezuela. The Indian wrestler defeated Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan and Alexander Romanov of Moldova in the pre-quarterfinals and then beat Rustom Iskandsri of Tajikistan to reach ...