New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourned the demise of former India shooter and famend coach Jaspal Rana.
The 49-year-old handed away in New Delhi on Friday after battling well being problems. He was admitted to Max Hospital in Saket, South Delhi, the place he breathed his final, hospital officers confirmed.
PM Modi shared a put up on X, paying his condolences and wrote, ‘Deeply saddened by the passing of Shri Jaspal Rana Ji. His passing is a profound loss to the world of Indian sports activities. He introduced immense glory to the nation by means of his extraordinary achievements in capturing. Equally outstanding was his contribution as a mentor, shaping and guiding younger athletes with nice dedication. His unwavering dedication to excellence, self-discipline and repair to the sporting world earned him immense admiration. My ideas are along with his household, mates and your complete sporting fraternity on this hour of grief. Om Shanti.’
Rana had reportedly fallen unwell whereas coming back from the ISSF World Cup in Munich on Thursday and later underwent a medical process in Delhi. His passing comes as a serious blow to Indian capturing, the place he performed a transformative position each as an athlete and a coach.
One of India’s most adorned shooters, Rana leaves behind a outstanding legacy spanning greater than three a long time. He stays India’s most profitable Commonwealth Games athlete, having gained a rare 15 medals — 9 gold, 4 silver and two bronze — throughout the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 editions of the Games.
His achievements prolonged nicely past the Commonwealth stage. Rana secured 4 gold medals and one silver on the Asian Games, together with a gold medal on the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games and a historic haul of three gold medals on the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
Known for his grit and willpower, Rana famously gained three gold medals in Doha regardless of competing with a excessive fever, a feat that is still one of the vital celebrated achievements in Indian capturing historical past.
After retiring from competitors, Rana devoted himself to teaching and expertise improvement. As a junior nationwide coach, he recognized and nurtured a number of future stars, together with Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary.
Despite a extensively publicised fallout with Bhaker earlier than the Tokyo Olympics, the 2 later reunited, with Rana enjoying a key position in her profitable marketing campaign that culminated in two bronze medals on the Paris Olympics in 2024.
At the time of his dying, Rana was serving as India’s high-performance coach for pistol occasions. (ANI)