In the countdown to the 2016 Rio Olympics, we retrace some memorable Indian moments at the quadrennial games. Today, a look at BACKGROUNDX Know your Rio Olympics athlete: Gagan Narang Narang is a recipient of the Padma Shri and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. (TOI Photo) Name: Gagan Narang Age: 33 Born: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Height: 1.8m Discipline (sport): Shooting Event: 10m air rifle, 50m rifle prone, 50m rifle 3 positions Current ranking: 23 After Beijing Games gold medalist Abhinav Bindra fell by the wayside in the preliminaries, it was only fitting that Gagan Narang, the first Indian to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, brought India its first medal of the event. For the...
↧