Flashback to 2010: India’s shooters rewrote the script at the Commonwealth Games, topping the charts with 74 medals and leaving England in second. This victory marked a pinnacle in a sport where every shot counts.
Breaking it down, India won 35 golds, 25 silvers, and 14 bronzes. England had 31 total (4 golds), Wales 13 (4 golds) for third, Australia 19 (3 golds) for fourth.
Standouts were Pushpanjali Rana, Anuraj Singh, Shweta Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar, Samaresh Jung, Gurpreet Singh, and record-setter Gagan Narang, who scored 596 but bowed out in tiebreaker thriller.
India’s shooting saga boasts seven Olympic medals – Rathore 2004 silver kickstarting it, Bindra 2008 gold, Bhaker’s 2024 double bronze – and a whopping 135 Commonwealth medals, the sport’s gold standard for the nation.
Fortified by current heroes like Bhaker and Kusale, India’s shooting ecosystem thrives, blending tradition with modern training to chase even greater heights.