‘Toofan bhi agar aa jaye’: How Neeru Dhanda battled illness, rain and cold for Asian Games gold in trap shooting
She became the first Indian woman to win an individual trap title at the Asian Games after hitting 28 of 30 targets, an Asian Games record.
- On Tuesday, Indian trap shooter Neeru Dhanda won the individual gold medal at the Asian Games in Urenocho, Japan, hitting 28 of 30 targets in the final.
- Following a three-day hospitalization due to illness, Dhanda had not trained for three-and-a-half weeks before arriving in Japan, leaving her severely underprepared for the competition.
- Facing rain and 18-degree temperatures at the shooting range, Dhanda set an Asian Games record while defeating China's Sun Yunong, who took silver with 26 hits.
- The win represents the first individual trap gold for an Indian woman at the Asian Games and the first for any Indian shooter since Randhir Singh won in 1978.
- Inspired by cousin Lakshya Sheoran's 2018 Asian Games silver, Dhanda said her victory sends a message to future Indian shooters: "if Neeru can do it, so can we.
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‘Toofan bhi agar aa jaye’: How Neeru Dhanda battled illness, rain and cold for Asian Games gold in trap shooting
Ten days before winning Asian Games gold, Neeru Dhanda was in hospital with suspected H1N1 and had gone weeks without training. In a rain-hit final in Nagoya, she held her nerve to set a Games record.
“I Want to Put This Medal Around My Mother’s Neck”: Neeru Dhanda After Historic Asian Games Trap Shooting Gold
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Indian shooter Neeru Dhanda dedicated her historic Asian Games gold medal in women's individual trap to her mother and coach after becoming the first Indian woman to win the event at the continental showpiece. Sports News | “I Want to Put This Medal Around My Mother’s Neck”: Neeru Dhanda After Historic Asian Games Trap Shooting Gold.
From hospital bed to Asian Games gold: Neeru Dhanda’s journey
Ten days ago, the shotgun shooter was admitted to a Delhi hospital after an infection; on Tuesday, she shot an Asian Games record to win India’s fifth gold medal in Nagoya and the country's first in individual gold since 1978
“I want to put this medal around my mother’s neck”: Neeru Dhanda after historic Asian Games Trap Shooting Gold - The Tribune
Indian shooter Neeru Dhanda dedicated her historic Asian Games gold medal in women's individual trap to her mother and coach after becoming the first Indian woman to win the event at the continental showpiece.
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