panaji batting and bowling allrounders are dime a dozen brace now for a shooting allrounder from the time he captured the nations imagination at the afroasian games on a cold wintry morning in hyderabad to the time he bagged indias first medal a bronze in the london olympics in 2012 gagan narang was renowned the world over for his marksmanship in 10m air rifle shooting a world record 600600 and a final world record 7035 in wcf bangkok 2008 in air rifle that catapulted him to the top five in the world only revealed his quest for perfection in his pet event all that was to change though as he shifted his attention to 50 metres three position he had a best of 600 in prone once but injury that didnt help him focus on air rifle and love for the sport meant he had to switch over to another event he finished fifth in 50m rifle prone in the world cup final in gabala azerbaijan recently with a total of 1447 his ouster from indias air rifle squad only steeled his resolve when not many expected much from him after a careerthreatening cervical injury the hyderabadi came up with his first medal silver in 50m prone at the glasgow commonwealth games his air rifle world ranking might have plummeted to no78 due to his long absence from international events but he is up to no7 in prone in quick time im shooting on top in prone at the moment but ill get back in air rifle soon narang told toi on thursday having said that to be out of your favourite event can be quite shattering im not the kind to complain but its not easy to overcome disappointment and injury concerns to become no7 in an event in which i had a barren run until the cwg gives me a lot of satisfaction i guess my performance in the issf world championship where i finished sixth and almost qualified for the rio games was instrumental in determining my ranking the marksman said at home with his parents in hyderabad now narang has started training in 10m air rifle again and will be taking part in the nationals slated to be held in pune in december if i am able to get back to where i was in air rifle i would say my ouster from the squad was a blessing in disguise my loss in air rifle was a gain in prone and three positions as i could invest my entire time in good training i have been practising at the sports authority of telengana regularly and will head back to pune in four days to prepare for the nationals informed narang who is also a twotime cwg individual gold medalist in 50m rifle 3 positions though not fully fit gagan has vowed to become an allrounder in shooting as things stand now i look pretty poised to win more than one medal in the rio