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National Sports Awards 2019: list of nominees of Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards

April 30, 2019Amazing Feats, Leaders, SportsMohammed Shami, Mohammed Shami - Fast Bowler - Cricket, Mohammed Shami nominated for Arjuna Award 2019, Mohammed Shami-Indian Cricketer, Sergeant Shahzar Rizvi, Sergeant Shahzar Rizvi - Indian Air Force, Shahzar Rizvi, Shahzar Rizvi - nominated for Arjuna Award 2019, Shahzar Rizvi-Meerut-Uttar Pradesh, Shahzar Rizvi-Pistol Shooter Indiampositiveone@gmail.com

UTTAR PRADESH :

Here is the complete list of nominees of Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards across all sports.

Asian Games 2018 gold medal-winning Indian boxer Amit Panghal has been nominated for Arjuna awards by the Boxing Federation of India.

Panghal claimed the light flyweight (49kg) category gold after defeating reigning Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in the Asiad final at Jakarta.

In a similar move, the Board of Control for Cricket in India recommended India pacers Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and women’s team spinner Poonam Yadav for the Arjuna award.

National football team stars Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua, too, have been recommended for the Arjuna award by the football’s national governing body.

The National shooting federation has suggested the names of pistol ace Heena Sidhu and trap shooter Ankur Mittal for the Khel Ratna. Anjum Moudgil (rifle), Shahzar Rizvi (pistol) and Om Prakash Mitharwal (pistol) have also been nominated for the Arjuna Awards.

Meanwhile, the Wrestling Federation of India has recommended Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat for the Khel Ratna award. Besides the duo, the WFI has also suggested names of Rahul Aware, Harpreet Singh, Divya Kakran and Pooja Dhanda for the Arjuna Award.

The Table Tennis Federation of India has recommended Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty and Madhurika Patkar for the Arjuna Awards.

source: http://www.sportstar.thehindu.com / SportStar / Home> More Sports / by Team Sportstar / April 30th, 2019

Young Rizvi shoots 10m air pistol gold, creates record on World Cup debut

March 5, 2018Sports, World OpinionSergeant Shahzar Rizvi, Sergeant Shahzar Rizvi - Indian Air Force, Shahzar Rizvi, Shahzar Rizvi-Meerut-Uttar Pradesh, Shahzar Rizvi-Pistol Shooter Indiampositiveone@gmail.com

Meerut, UTTAR PRADESH :

Highlights

Rizvi pipped Rio Games gold medallist Christian Reitz and teammate Jitu Rai for the yellow metal
He broke Japanese legend Tomoyuki Matsuda’s record of 241.8, which was created last year
Rizvi displayed confidence and it reflected in his performance as he shot only seven shots below 10

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Pune :

Shooting in his first ISSF World Cup, Shahzar Rizvi showed nerves of steel as he clinched gold with a world record score in the men’s 10m air pistol event at ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Saturday.

Rizvi, 24, pipped Rio Games gold medallist Christian Reitz and teammate Jitu Rai for the yellow metal by scoring 242.3 in the final.

He broke Japanese legend Tomoyuki Matsuda’s record of 241.8, which was created in October last year.

Reitz finished second with a score of 239.7, while Rai secured bronze after scoring 219 in the final.

Another Indian, Om Prakash Mitharval, 23, who was also participating in his first senior World Cup, missed out on winning a medal after finishing fourth with a score of 198.4.

This is perhaps the first time that three Indians had entered the medal round of a World Cup.

With a score of 579, Rizvi was the top-scorer among the Indians and second in the top-eight qualifiers, while Rai was third with a score of 578. This is the first World Cup for Rizvi, and so is for Mitharval, who was fourth with a score of 576.

In the final, the Indians got off to good starts. After completion of 10 shots, Rizvi, with 99.4 points was second behind Brazil’s Julio Almeida (101.8), while Rai and Mitharval kept themselves in top-5.
Rizvi displayed confidence and it reflected in his performance as the Meerut boy shot only seven shots below 10. His best was 10.8, while his lowest shot was an 8.5.

Rai on the other hand was a little inconsistent. His 10 shots ranged between 9 to 9.9 that pulled him down in the ranking. Just before the 20th shot, the Army shooter was at risk of getting eliminated, but he saved himself by shooting 10.6 and 10.4 to finish 0.1 point ahead of Mitharval, who shot 10.7 and 9.2 to finish with 198.4 points.

Meanwhile, in the women’s 10m air rifle event, teenager Mehuli Ghosh, along with Apurvi Chandela and Anjum Moudgil entered the final along with three Chinese shooters.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> Sports News> Shooting / by Tushar Dutt / TNN / March 04th, 2018

Achievement: Air Force Sportsmen Sergeant Shahzar Rizvi & Sergeant Deepak Kumar

December 18, 2017SportsIndian Air Force Sportsmen, Sergeant Shahzar Rizvi, Sergeant Shahzar Rizvi - Indian Air Force, Shahzar Rizvi, Shahzar Rizvi-Meerut-Uttar Pradesh, Shahzar Rizvi-Pistol Shooter Indiampositiveone@gmail.com

Meerut, UTTAR PRADESH :

Sergeant Shahzar Rizvi has won a gold medal in 10 mtrs Pistol for India at recently conducted Commonwealth Shooting Championship held at Gold Coast, Australia.

Sergeant Deepak Kumar won Bronze medal in 10 mtrs Air Rifle at the same event.