Keeping things simple and staying focused

AGE :16

FROM: Village Kalina, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

DISCIPLINE: Pistol shooting

EDUCATION: Standard X.

BEGINNING: Saurabh Chaudhary started at the Veer Sahamal Rifle Club with coach Amit Sheoran in 2015. His father Jagmohan Singh is a farmer, and mother Brajesh Devi takes care of the family. Like every kid, Saurabh had played with plastic toy guns and later had fun, shooting balloons with air guns.

Saurabh was introduced to shooting by his brother Nitin, who took him to the club, as many children from the village trained there. Saurabh was so much in love with the sport that he would practice for long hours, unmindful of anything. He won the North

AFP Immensely talented: Saurabh Chaudhary, who won gold at the 2018 Asian Games, is aiming for a similar feat at the Tokyo Olympics.