The last time Heena Sidhu won an international medal was in Munich this January,Heenas last event as a junior. On Tuesday,the 20-year-old made a mark in the senior category too,winning the silver medal in Air Pistol with a score of 485.8 at the Beijing ISSF World Cup.
It was a close finish. The qualifying round was a bit tough but my final round score of 101.8 helped me, Sidhu said,speaking to The Indian Express over phone from Beijing. The transition from junior to the senior level is quite important and I hope this will give me confidence. At the Changwan World Cup (Korea),I hadnt been able to do so well but now Im fully fit and expect to perform well at the World Cups in Milan and Munich next month, said Sidhu,who lost to Hu Jan in the final. The Chinese scored 490.5 points.
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Sidhu first hogged the limelight when she won the gold medal in the Hungary Open last year before fetching the top spot at the national championship in Kerala earlier this year. That game gave me much confidence. Harveen Srao has been consistent on the national circuit and it was good defeating her in the final, said Sidhu,who is coached by her father Rajbeer,a former national-level rifle shooter.
Nitin Sharma is an Assistant Editor with the sports team of The Indian Express. Based out of Chandigarh, Nitin works with the print sports desk while also breaking news stories for the online sports team. A Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award recipient for the year 2017 for his story ‘Harmans of Moga’, Nitin has also been a two-time recipient of the UNFPA-supported Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity for the years 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Nitin mainly covers Olympics sports disciplines with his main interests in shooting, boxing, wrestling, athletics and much more. The last 17 years with The Indian Express has seen him unearthing stories across India from as far as Andaman and Nicobar to the North East. Nitin also covers cricket apart from women’s cricket with a keen interest. Nitin has covered events like the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2011 ODI World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup and the 2017 AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships.
An alumnus of School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, from where he completed his Masters in Mass Communications degree, Nitin has been an avid quizzer too. A Guru Nanak Dev University Colour holder, Nitin’s interest in quizzing began in the town of Talwara Township, a small town near the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border. When not reporting, Nitin's interests lie in discovering new treks in the mountains or spending time near the river Beas at his hometown. ... Read More
