Apurvi Chandela

I saw it coming: Shooter Apurvi Chandela opens up on Tokyo Olympics postponement and life in lockdown

The Games will now open on July 23, 2021, with the closing ceremony scheduled on August 8, 2021.

Apr 05, 2020, 12:58 PM IST

Shooter Apurvi Chandela donates Rs 5 lakh towards coronavirus relief fund

Chandela has decided to donate Rs 3 lakh to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's CARES Fund and Rs 2 lakh to Rajasthan Chief Minister's Relief Fund.

Apr 02, 2020, 14:58 PM IST

Shooter Apurvi Chandela strikes gold in 10m air rifle event at Meyton Cup

Chandela shot a score of 251.4 to take the top medal in the event.

Jan 21, 2020, 18:18 PM IST

India announce 41-member squad for Asian Shooting Championships 2019

A total of 38 Olympic quotas will be up for grabs at the tournament in Doha.

Sep 19, 2019, 23:53 PM IST

India finish with 5 gold medals at ISSF World Cup

Ace shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary defeated their Indian opponents Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma to claim the gold in 10m air pistol mixed team event. 

Sep 03, 2019, 13:39 PM IST

ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary strike gold in 10m air pistol mixed team event

The Indian duo defeated the Ukraine pair of  Olena Kostevych and Oleh Omelchuk in the summit showdown of 10m air pistol mixed team event to take the top honours.

May 30, 2019, 20:13 PM IST

Apurvi Chandela wins year's second women's 10m Air Rifle World Cup gold

The shooter from Jaipur shot a score of 251 in the final to outshine Wang Luyao of China, who shot 250.8, to settle for the silver medal. Another Chinese shooter, Xu Hong, finished third with a score of 229.4 in the final.

May 26, 2019, 19:23 PM IST

Apurvi Chandela is world number one in 10m air rifle, Anjum Moudgil claims second position

The rifle ace from Jaipur is among the five Indian shooters to have already secured 2020 Olympics quotas for the country.

May 01, 2019, 16:52 PM IST

Apurvi Chandela, Anjum Moudgil make another ISSF final, miss medal

World record holder Apurvi, in fact, topped the qualification charts with 630.9 after 60 shots.

Apr 23, 2019, 19:48 PM IST

ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters fail to make 10m air rifle final

The three Indians in the fray, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Ravi Kumar and Deepak Kumar finished 12th, 14th and 34th, respectively in 10m air rifle event.

Feb 25, 2019, 15:51 PM IST

ISSF World Cup 2019: Saurabh Chaudhary strikes gold in 10m Air Pistol event

The 16-year-old, who was competing with eight other shooters in the final of the event, posted a world record score of 245 to take the top honors. 

 

Feb 24, 2019, 15:47 PM IST

Politicos, sportspersons congratulate Apurvi Chandela after gold medal in ISSF World Cup 2019

Chandela made the country proud at the Dr Karni Shooting Range in New Delhi, shattering the world record by shooting a total of  252.9 points. 

Feb 23, 2019, 19:47 PM IST

It's been tough: Apurvi Chandela after clinching gold medal in ISSF World Cup 2019

Chandela made the country proud at the Dr Karni Shooting Range in New Delhi, shattering a world record by shooting a total of  252.9 points. 

Feb 23, 2019, 18:39 PM IST

ISSF World Cup 2019: Apurvi Chandela shoots gold in 10m Air Rifle event

With the win, Chandela has picked her third individual medal at a World Cup stage.

Feb 23, 2019, 15:15 PM IST

Asian Games 2018 Day 2: As it happened

The second day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 20, Monday. 

Aug 20, 2018, 07:04 AM IST

Asian Games: India’s Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela bag bronze in 10m Air Rifle

India’s Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela bagged bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Mixed event in the 18th edition of Asian Games on Sunday. The other contenders in the event were China, Mongolia, Taipei and Korea.

Aug 19, 2018, 12:01 PM IST

Apurvi Chandela finishes fourth in Munich Shooting World Cup

Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela had a gold medal in her grasp before a slip up in the 19th shot pushed her outside the medal bracket at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage in Munich.

May 25, 2018, 16:11 PM IST

NRAI proposes setting up of panel to review Rio debacle

Indian shooters proved to be an epic failure in a disastrous Rio Olympic Games as the 12-member team, with the exception of Bindra, failed miserably to live up to the sky-high expectations.

Aug 24, 2016, 19:48 PM IST

Rio Olympics 2016: How India performed on Day 1 of biggest sporting extravaganza

Jitu Rai's failure summed up India's sagging fortunes at the world greatest sporting spectacle.

Aug 07, 2016, 08:08 AM IST