The past year has not been that good for Pooja Ghatkar despite of being an Asian Champion,in the past. She reached the finals of shooting world cup two times but could not finish on podium. Despite being on the top for a long time in Olympic Qualification in Delhi , she could not book a berth for Rio. From here on she moves on to the veteran Gagan Narang for coaching. Gagan accepted her request and trained her in Pune , its only because of 4 month coaching that Pooja has bagged a Bronze in Delhi Shooting World cup in the 10m Air riffle event.

The Gold winning Chinese Shii Meoyayo and silver Chinese Liji Dong showed their domination but Pooja Ghatkar gave them a tough challenge and scored 228.8 to clinch a Bronze.

Pooja’s father passed away when she was just 7 years old. For making her daughter a shooter his father sold his house , left his job and took a house on rent near the shooting range and starting to give tutions to students to earn . For Pooja’s shooting love he also broked his FD , but Pooja reckons that Gagan’s coaching has made her more fierce and sharp .

Before this,in the mens 10m Air Rifle event … Indias Deepak (625.8) and Ravi ( 624) qualified for finals , but Deepak Finished fifth and Ravi finished 8th in the finals.