Gagan Narang sets up High Performance Shooting Centre in Bhubaneswar

Gagan Narang sets up High Performance Shooting Centre in Bhubaneswar

Gagan Narang

Gagan Narang

Olympic medalist Gagan Narang set up a 10m and 50m shooting range at the Kalinga Stadium today in association with the Odisha Government and Aditya Birla group. The academy is called the Odisha Aditya Birla – Gagan Narang Shooting High Performance Centre. The initiative further reaffirms Odisha as the sporting capital of India and provides a huge boost to infrastructure in the state.

Earlier, while floods had ravaged Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Narang had suffered a huge loss as his shooting academy drowned in floodwater. The water damaged newly procured equipment for his new academy “Gun for Glory” which was scheduled to be inaugurated on November 1 at Gachibowli in Hyderabad. According to Narang, guns and equipment worth, 1.3 crores were damaged in the unfortunate event.

‘Last few weeks have been a rollercoaster ride’ – Narang

The Odisha Aditya Birla Gagan Narang High Performance Centre

Gagan Narang took to Instagram to talk about the developments over the course of the last few weeks. He opened up about the ’emotionally draining lows and overwhelming highs in a short span of time’. He said, “Being an athlete, I must say that this is nothing new to me, however, it is never easy to prepare for mishaps. But sports teaches how to rise after every fall. It was disheartening to see our Hyderabad academy flooded with ceiling high water last month… The flood may have done a lot of damage, but it didn’t dampen our spirits.”

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Narang then compared the ‘force’ of the water during the floods to the force that he had ‘put in the right direction 10 years ago’ which has helped him open the high performance center. The Olympic medalist stated that he was proud and humble to see his efforts take the shape of the center. Narang stated that the center would ‘scout, train and nurture shooters who will make the country proud by winning medals at the Olympics’.

He then assured everybody that his shooting facility will be the best in the country. Narang then signed off thanking everybody for standing by him during his tough times.

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