Asian Games bronze medallist Abhishek Verma has brought home yet another laurel a silver medal in the 10M Air Pistol event at the World Shooting Championships, ongoing in South Korea.<\/p>\n
When Verma arrived home in Gurugram, on Monday, a hero\u2019s welcome awaited him his family, friends and fans received him with garlands, and a convoy of cars. Verma felt \u201coverwhelmed and surprised\u201d at the reception.\u201cI am proud to have done something for the country and this kind of welcome is such an honour,\u201d says Verma, who knew hitting the bull\u2019s eye was his calling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a BTech and Law graduate. While pursuing law, I realised my interest was in shooting,\u201d says Verma, recalling his journey. \u201cMy father is a judge and he\u2019d get transferred every three years to a new district of Haryana. One day, I got to know about a shooting range in Hisar. I joined there. Within months, people started telling me that I could achieve great things in this sport, I was a natural. That boosted my morale. I started taking shooting seriously,\u201d says the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cLater, we got transferred to Fatehabad. I\u2019d still come to Hisar every day by bus to practise. My father suggested I set up a shooting range at home to save on the travel time. But it wasn\u2019t satisfying to practise at home,\u201d says Verma, who then shifted to Gurugram and found a mentor in his coach Omendra Singh, under whom his \u201cperformance improved\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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