Asian Games: Two brothers win shooting gold medals; Shiva in Hangzhou, Manish at Para Shooting World Championships in Lima | Asian-games News

Dilbaugh Singh Narwal has not been able to sleep through the night. At first it was because two of his sons were participating in major shooting competitions on opposite sides of the globe. Then the actual competitions began and the nervousness of watching both his children attempt to win medals for India swept through him. As both sons won gold medals, Dilbaugh heaved a sigh of relief.
On Thursday, his son Manish, 21 won gold at the P1-Men’s 10m Air Pol SH1 at the Para Shooting World Championships in Lima
And Shiva, 17, at the Hangzhou Asian Games, along with Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema in the men’s 10m air pol team event.
“I might not be satisfied with Shiva’s performance but if we look at it from our country’s point of view, then India got another gold medal and that is very good,” Dilbaugh told the Indian Express.
Manish’s consency had resulted in high standards within the Narwal family. He has a habit of winning medals at every event that he has gone to. Manish also earned a Paris Paralympics quota spot in Lima.

🇮🇳Manish Narwal takes gold for India in the P1-Men’s 10m Air Pol SH1 at #Lima2023.
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“The way Shiva’s practice was before the Asian Games, those standards this hasn’t been his best showing. The problem also is that Manish has got us parents into the habit of seeing him win gold at every tournament, and that too individual medals. For Shiva, that first card of 92 was not good. Even a 99 card later in the qualification couldn’t cover that bad start.”
Shiva has already gone to two ISSF World Championships for India and has recently won the mixed team gold at the Worlds – an Olympic event. He didn’t have the best of performances individually at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center Shooting Range. The team event is not an Olympic medal winning category but has medals at the ISSF level and at the Asian Games this time onwards as well.

“They were in good spirits before the match but I think Shiva was at a big platform and sometimes that can mean pressure. Even we parents don’t have any peace when the match is going on,” Dilbaugh said about Shiva’s performance.
“Manish did well because his score was good para shooting standards and then had a good final as well. Now I’m hoping Shiva can also get his Olympic quota at the Asian Championship.”
Prior to these Asian Games, Shiva was at the World Championships where he was not at his best after contracting conjunctivitis a week before his competition.Most Read
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“Days before he was supposed to fly to Baku for the Worlds, he got eye flu and it was so bad both his eyes were bloodshot. He couldn’t practice and then when the camp started, he got unwell again and was recuperating at the hostel. He was struggling to stand and shoot for 30 minutes the way he is used to,” Dilbaugh said.

Back then he was also making a comeback after his eldest brother died in an accident near their home in Faridabad.
Dilbaugh had said to the Indian Express then, “A water tanker hit him while he was driving. All three of them (including ser Shikha) were in their camps at the Dr Karni Singh range. I didn’t tell them the entire day. The next day I called an official from India’s Paralympics team and told them to bring the children with him back home. Shikha and Manish cried for days when they found out. But Shiva was angry and internalised it.”