Coach Sunny Thomas

Long-serving national shooting coach Sunny Thomas has offered his resignation to the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) after 19 years at the helm during which India won four Olympic medals in the sport.

As the Indian shooting contingent gears up to earn more Olympic quota places in the Asian Shooting Championship that gets underway here from Friday, coach Sunny Thomas says they can ill afford to replicate the previous edition's results.

India's chief national shooting coach for 17 years, Sunny Thomas, on Friday said he will quit his post after the Asian Games owing to the dismal display in the ongoing event.

There is little doubt that shooting is India's best bet for medals in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but coach Sunny Thomas has his fingers crossed.

Long-serving national shooting coach Sunny Thomas has offered his resignation to the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) after 19 years at the helm during which India won four Olympic medals in the sport.

As the Indian shooting contingent gears up to earn more Olympic quota places in the Asian Shooting Championship that gets underway here from Friday, coach Sunny Thomas says they can ill afford to replicate the previous edition's results.

India's chief national shooting coach for 17 years, Sunny Thomas, on Friday said he will quit his post after the Asian Games owing to the dismal display in the ongoing event.

There is little doubt that shooting is India's best bet for medals in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but coach Sunny Thomas has his fingers crossed.