As a two-year-old, Gagan Narang directed a toy gun in balloons in a shooting booth at Chennai's Marina Beach. Twenty-seven decades after, he had been staring down the crosshairs in the early Royal Artillery Barracks in London, shooting for a medal in the 2012 Olympics.

He clinched bronze in the 10m Air Rifle event that afternoon and together with it, India's first medal of the variant of the Games.

Make sure it his exploits using the rifle or during his famous'Gun for Glory' academy which cultivated several prodigies like Elavenil Valarivan, Indian shooter Gagan Narang has played an integral part in raising the quality of the game in his country through recent years.

It was not long until he was able to make a spot in the Indian team for the 2004 Olympics at Athens, Greece. But, Gagan Narang's Olympic debut didn't go according to strategy since he fell short of creating the closing from the 10m Air Rifle event. Not allowing it affect him , the Indian shooter will shortly return into his groove.

His breakthrough in the global circuit came in 2006, when he won his eponymous ISSF World Cup trophy, a gold in the 10m Air Rifle, at Guangzhou. Then he bagged four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games that year, a feat he'd repeat in the 2010 variant in New Delhi too. In the 2006 Asian Games, Gagan Narang borrows a single two and bronze team awards, both bronzes. Roku Error Code 014

Building up to the 2008 Olympics, Gagan Narang was at prime shape and appeared to get a podium finish. On the huge stage in Beijing, he dropped out on the closing of the 10m Air Rifle occasion just on countback while Abhinav Bindra proceeded to become the first Indian to become a single Olympic gold medallist.

Not one of those to allow the hurt has an effect on the mindset, Gagan Narang declared firing on all cylinders within weeks, nailing down a perfect score from the German Shooting League.

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