‘Parampara, Pratisha, Recruitment’: How did 18 -year -old Suruchi Singh become a new shooting sensation of India. More sports news

New Delhi: Shahrukh Khan-Starrer MohabbatiaAmitabh Bachchan’s character, Narayan Shankar, takes three columns of one down Gurukul: “Parampara, prohibition, discipline (tradition, prestige, discipline)”.
For Havildar Indra Singh, these were not just words, but the foundation he had asked for during a scouting for a shooting academy for his daughter Suruchi Singh In the Pandemic Age.
Search carried him Suresh SinghA retired army man running Guru Drronachari Shooting Academy in Gurugram, Haryana.
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“Haryana has open tournaments, so his family had heard about us. When both father and daughter visited, they appreciated discipline here. His father told me, ‘I want a place where my daughter will learn discipline,” Suresh Singh recalled during a special conversation. Timesofindia.com,
In his first meeting, coach Suresh made one thing clear:
“I asked him,” Do you want to follow your technique, or mine? ” If it draws the trigger, it’s fine.
Suruchi was nominated. And soon, followed the results. Born in Jhanjar, he won medals among citizens of 2022 and 2023.
The year 2024 In Delhi, there were two more in the National Games in Uttarakhand, early this year, with a stunning race of seven gold medals among citizens.
In the last week, the 18 -year -old shooter has become international, in which Surichi has earned gold at the 10m air pistol mixed team event ISSF World Cup On Wednesday with Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary.
This was his third World Cup gold this season, already won a personal 10m air pistol event in Peru and Argentina, as well as a bronze at the mixed team event.
“He is really in a rhythm. This girl is no longer going to stop,” her coach said with unbreakable confidence. “We have worked continuously for two years. She has now been training with me for three and a half years, but focused, continuous work started about two years ago.”

‘Coach, you are wasting my time’

While his recent heroines could make him like one, Suruchi was not born a sharpshooter. He had a drive, but his match regulation would spread beyond time.
Suresh revealed, “She used to shoot for a long time, but matched for about 75 minutes. Earlier, she could not finish a match properly. I paid attention to it and focused on correcting it,” Suresh revealed.
Initially, she was impatient, even blunt.
“I told him,” If you want to succeed, control your impulses. ” To be a top shooter, you have to control your feelings and don’t crowd at first, “Sir, you are wasting my time,” but finally she understood, “she sighs.
For the first few months, Suresh kept away from participating in any competition, focusing only on practice.
Just two months after training, he entered a match and showed progress.
Then two more and month sheer practice, then another match. “Gradually, she reached a point where she could handle a match once a week,” Suresh revealed.

Now, before every match, even during the ISSF World Cup, Suruchi has a ritual: calling him the coach.
“Before every match, she will call a video or WhatsApp call. She will say,” Sir, five minutes before I go, what should I do? ” I tell him a quick thing.

Back home in Jhajjar, if she was not winning a medal, she must be harvesting wheat.
“She comes from a humble family. At home, she drives a machinery, helps in the field. She is not to sit in vain. If she was not in the World Cup today, she was harvesting the house,” coach Suresh told Timesofedia.com.
From the story of Suresh, what is about the age of 18 is his patience.

“He is incredibly stubborn – in the best way,” he smiles. “For example, if she plans to shoot 150 shots that day, and the final shot does not land on the right score (a ten), she will not stop until she receives it.”
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Since Suruchi is returning home from the ISSF World Cup with a medal -filled neck, his coach Suresh is preparing a festive fit for his protect: “We will go to the airport to get it. We will talk to the Haryana Rifle Association and the National Rifle Federation and request them to allow them to bring them home directly.”