Anish Bhanwala

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The 15-year-old shooter won a Gold medal in Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Positions after shooting 30 points.

anish bhanwala secured a bronze medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Asian Rifle and Pistol Shooting Championship, despite mixed feelings about his performance. He expressed disappointment with his scores in both qualification and the final, but found clarity on areas for improvement.

Indian shooter anish bhanwala has secured a quota place for the Tokyo Olympics in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event. This is a significant achievement for India, as they hadn't won any quota places in this event since the London Games. Anish won a bronze medal at the Asian Shooting Championships, which also earned him a spot at the Paris Games. He expressed his relief at finally qualifying for the Olympics and his determination to participate in the Paris Games as well.

India’s sporting contingent at the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games has surpassed the gold medal tally achieved four years ago in Glasgow, with 15-year-old anish bhanwala winning the country’s 16th gold on Friday.

With the CBSE making arrangements for special exams to help him compete on the world stage, the class X student didn’t allow the weight of expectations to trouble him as he took the gold in 25m rapid fire pistol.

Teenage shooters anish bhanwala and Rhythm Sangwan won bronze in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup here on Tuesday.

Patience is paradoxical in an event that is called 'rapid fire'. However, anish bhanwala displayed, both patience and swiftness to win his first World Cup medal, five years after he started competing in the senior category.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter anish bhanwala is meticulously planning his path to the 2020 Olympics and says the first step in the "process" will be to secure a quota for Tokyo Games in the upcoming World Cup.

anish bhanwala on Wednesday claimed the gold medal in 25m rapid fire pistol competition to continue India's dominance in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.

When anish bhanwala shot 31 to win the 25m rapid fire gold beating the likes of Olympian Gurpreet Singh in the final of National Shooting Championships last month, many thought it was a one-off performance.

anish bhanwala, 15, was a happy boy when he didn't see his name in the Junior World Cup squad that was announced by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Tuesday.

India's Rhythm Sangwan and anish bhanwala won the gold medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event on the concluding day of the ISSF World Cup here on Monday. The Indian duo emerged victorious by a margin of 17-7 over Thailand in the gold medal match. The country thus topped the medal's tally with four gold, two silver and one bronze as the year's first ISSF World Cup concluded in the Egyptian capital.

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Friday announced a list of shooters who will be part of the training core group for the Tokyo Games.

anish bhanwala, who won a shooting gold in Gold Coast to become India’s youngest medal winner at the Commonwealth Games, had packed his CBSE books alongside his pistol when he left for Australia.

Punjab's Vijayveer Sidhu won the men's 25m rapid fire pistol title while Haryana's Rhythm Sangwan cliched gold in both the women's and junior section of the same event on day six of the National Selection Trial 3 and 4 on Wednesday.

anish bhanwala, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, won a bronze medal in the men's 25m rapid pistol fire event at the Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea. He lost a shootout to Dai Yoshioka, who won the silver medal. Lee Gunhyeok won the gold with a score of 34 in the eight-shot rapid-fire series decider. Bhanwala secured India's 12th Paris Olympic quota in shooting by finishing in third place with a score of 588.

anish bhanwala, the 2017 Emerging Player of the Year at the third Mahindra Scorpio Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA), climbed atop the podium in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Junior event.

Anjum Moudgil won her second medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane, winning a bronze in the women's 50m Rifle Prone.

India missed out on an Olympic quota in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol after the young trio of anish bhanwala, Adarsh Singh and Anhad Jawanda failed to enter the final in the World Cup.

anish bhanwala, 23, took his maiden individual senior medal at the Worlds as he clinched the second place in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event in the Egyptian capital. The Haryana shooter scored 28 in the final, to finish behind French shooter Clement Bessaguet, who shot 31. Ukraine’s Maksym Horodynets took bronze with 25 points.

Indian shooter anish bhanwala secured a silver medal in the 25m rapid-fire pistol event at the ISSF World Championships. This marks his career's most significant achievement. Bhanwala demonstrated remarkable composure during intense shoot-offs. He qualified for the finals in second place. French competitor Clement Bessaguet won the gold medal. This achievement ranks as the second-best Indian performance in this event.

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is yet to freeze the world rankings amid the coronavirus pandemic but it appears that India's young pistol shooter anish bhanwala will make the cut for the Tokyo Olympics based on his world ranking.

Notwithstanding his subdued outing in national selection trials, Commonwealth Games gold medallist anish bhanwala was on Tuesday picked in Indian men's 25m rapid-fire team for the ISSF World Cup in the national capital, owing to his better prospects of securing an Olympic quota.

anish bhanwala, 15, outshone London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar and Rio Olympics participant Gurpreet Singh to win gold in the men's 25m rapid fire at the 61st National Shooting Championship.

anish bhanwala clinched a silver medal in the rapid fire pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships in Kazakhstan. The Indian team also secured silver in the team event, while South Korea took gold. In the non-Olympic 50m pistol discipline, the Indian team won silver, and the junior team claimed gold.

In a first, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted separate exams for six students of class 10 and 12 this year as they were representing the country in international sports championships during the regular schedule.

The NRAI has made it compulsory for all selected shooters to attend national camps conducted ahead of important meets.