Pistol shooter Singhraj Adana’s home range gamble helps him win bronze

COVID19 came in the way of him going to the range before the Tokyo Paralympics So Indian shooter Singhraj Adana simply built the range at home after drawing its layout in just one nightAt the Asaka Shooting Range here on Tuesday the monumental effort paid off as Adana 39 only four years after taking to the sport won the Paralympics bronze medal in the P1 menrsquos 10m air pistol SH1 eventHowever for someone who could only watch helplessly as his wife once sold her jewelery to support his shooting dream he knew the move was a huge gamble and so did his motherBut during the lockdown the polioafflicted shooterrsquos desperation to resume training had reached a point where he was not able to even get a good nightrsquos sleepNegative thoughtsldquoAs I was not able to train I started thinking that my dream of winning a medal is over Thatrsquos when my coaches suggested why not try building a range at homerdquo Adana said in a media interaction organised by broadcaster Eurosport and the Paralympic Committee of IndialdquoI was getting desperate and was not able to sleep at all due to absence of training So I approached my family with the idea and they were taken aback at first as it involved lakhs of rupeesldquoMy mother only asked me to ensure that we are able to feed ourselves later on if something went wrong But thanks to my family and coachesrsquo support the green signal and help from the Paralympic Committee of India and NRAI we succeeded in my mission and the range was soon up and runningrdquo he addedRubina finishes 7thMeanwhile fancied Rubina Francis finished seventh in the womenrsquos 10m air pistol SH1 final Rubina was on 1281 points when she was eliminatedAlso Read Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu I couldve won goldThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever