SLI will build awareness, talent along with a new fan base for shooting: Heena Sidhu
“Finally, we are going to get what we deserve. So many sports have started their leagues, I felt it was time for shooting to enter this space,” she said.
“Finally, we are going to get what we deserve. So many sports have started their leagues, I felt it was time for shooting to enter this space,” she said.
On shooting being excluded, Sidhu had said: "I think it has happened before. We have backed out in the past. India is a big nation and we can throw our weight behind this."
"They (Commonwealth Federation) are catering to their public, as in what their public would like to go and see on the venue or on television. Shooting still doesn't attract much spectators, so that is why they have included cricket," said Heena.
Asian Games bronze medallist Heena, in 2013, became the first Indian pistol shooter to win a gold medal in an ISSF World Cup finals when she won the 10m Air Pistol event.
Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Heena Sidhu on Thursday said the sport has come a long way and it is great to see the popularity of shooting growing in the country.
Ace Indian shooter Heena Sidhu won the Gold medal after defeating Australia’s Elena Galiabovitch in the final round of…
Heena claimed an individual bronze in the women's 10m Air Pistol.
Sidhu shot a combined score of 626.2 (386+240.8) to claim the top honours.
Competing in maiden World Cup Final, Kumar shot 123.4 in the eighth-man event.
Rai and Sidhu qualified for the finals as top of the table today and comfortably claimed the gold by pipping France, who secured the silver medal
