This is greatest show by Indian shooters in history of Olympic Games, says Gagan Narang

Indian contingent Chef de Mission Gagan Narang praises historic bronze-winning performance by shooters at Paris Olympics.

Himself an Olympic medallist, Indian contingent Chef de Mission Gagan Narang on August 3 hailed the shooting team's three bronze-winning campaign in the Paris Games as the best show in the country's Olympics history.

The sensational Manu Bhaker became the first Indian after the country's independence to win two medals — both bronze — in a single edition of the Games. She first won a bronze in women's 10m air pistol, and then paired up with Sarabjot Singh to clinch another medal of the same colour in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.

On August 3, she narrowly missed another bronze, finishing fourth in the women's 25m sports pistol event.

Swapnil Kusale was the third shooter to win another bronze — in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions event.

"This is perhaps the greatest show by Indian shooters in the history of the Games. It has been an emotional first week in Paris, with shooting giving us a head start in the medal tally. I am overwhelmed with happiness to see Manu, Sarabjot and Swapnil win medals at the same time,” Narang said.

Before Paris Games, the best show in an Olympics was the silver and bronze won respectively by Vijay Kumar (25m rapid fire pistol) and Narang (10m air rifle) himself in the 2012 London Olympics.

“I am so proud of Arjun Babuta as well, who finished fourth in the tough 10m Air Rifle event." Talking about Swapnil, he said, "I remember competing alongside Swapnil in 2017 at the Commonwealth Championship in Gold Coast, where he claimed the bronze medal after giving me a tough fight for the silver medal.