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Suma Shirur: ‘I’m proud of my girls’

India’s rifle shooting coach Shirur’s mum-like relationship with girls is helping as Mehuli, Ashi and Ramita bag team silver and an individual bronze

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India’s Ramita Jindal (left), Ashi Chouksey and Mehuli Ghosh with their silver medals in the women’s team 10m air rifle shooting event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou yesterday. Pic/AFP

India’s Ramita Jindal (left), Ashi Chouksey and Mehuli Ghosh with their silver medals in the women’s team 10m air rifle shooting event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou yesterday. Pic/AFP

Team India’s rifle shooting coach Suma Shirur and her young girls team don’t just get along brilliantly, they also pick up medals en route. The women’s rifle shooters picked up two medals on Day One of the shooting competition here—a team silver and an individual bronze—in the 10m air rifle event at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre.

Mehuli Ghosh, 22, Ramita Jindal, 19, and Ashi Chouksey, 21, opened India’s medal account at this Asian Games by winning the team silver, after which Ramita impressed in a bronze-winning show in the individual event. Shirur, 49, a multiple-time Asian Games medallist, credited the young girls for absorbing pressure and delivering.

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