Rutvick Mehta

4 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Rutvick Mehta

Arjun Babuta won silver at the 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup at the Las Palmas range in Lima, Peru on Saturday. Mumbai: Moments after his 10m air rifle final in Lima, Arjun Babuta walked up to coach Deepali Deshpande with some words. “He told me, ‘ma’am, aaj Olympics ke baad first time mazaa aaya final mein (I enjoyed a final for the first time after the Olympics)’,” Deepali said.

4 days ago | htsyndication.com | Rutvick Mehta

India, April 20 -- Moments after his 10m air rifle final in Lima, Arjun Babuta walked up to coach Deepali Deshpande with some words. "He told me, 'ma'am, aaj Olympics ke baad first time mazaa aaya final mein (I enjoyed a final for the first time after the Olympics)'," Deepali said. For months after the Paris Olympics in July-August last year where he finished a painful fourth, Babuta was left bereft of that joy. He didn't feel like picking up his rifle, firing those shots, chasing the medals.

5 days ago | htsyndication.com | Rutvick Mehta

Mumbai, April 19 -- Shourya Ambure took a bit of a risk to have a shot at competing in the ongoing Asian U-18 Athletics Championships. For starters, the hurdler gave two Class 10 papers a miss to turn up at last month's National Youth Championships in Patna, which doubled up as a selection meet for the Asian event. Plus, the 100m hurdles event was still a bit alien for the 15-year-old heading to Saudi Arabia for her first international competition....

6 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Rutvick Mehta

Mumbai: Shourya Ambure took a bit of a risk to have a shot at competing in the ongoing Asian U-18 Athletics Championships. For starters, the hurdler gave two Class 10 papers a miss to turn up at last month’s National Youth Championships in Patna, which doubled up as a selection meet for the Asian event. Plus, the 100m hurdles event was still a bit alien for the 15-year-old heading to Saudi Arabia for her first international competition.

6 days ago | htsyndication.com | Rutvick Mehta

India, April 18 -- Shourya Ambure took a bit of a risk to have a shot at competing in the ongoing Asian U-18 Athletics Championships. For starters, the hurdler gave two Class 10 papers a miss to turn up at last month's National Youth Championships in Patna, which doubled up as a selection meet for the Asian event. Plus, the 100m hurdles event was still a bit alien for the 15-year-old heading to Saudi Arabia for her first international competition.