Jaspal Rana is accompanying Manu Bhakar in Paris for the Olympics. In his absence, Manu's father, Narayan Singh Rana, a former shooting coach himself, spoke to One India about Manu's sporting journey and her relationship with Jaspal Rana. Interestingly, Jaspal Rana is also the son-in-law of India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. This connection adds an intriguing dimension to the story, highlighting the intertwining of sports and politics in India's Olympic narrative.
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00:00For India, Manu Bhakar, who won the first medal in the Paris Olympics, has a special connection with Dehradun.
00:05We are talking about the Jaspal Rana Shooting Academy in Dehradun,
00:10from where Manu Bhakar learned his aim and his teacher is Jaspal Rana,
00:16who is also known as the golden boy of Uttarakhand and the whole country.
00:20With us right now is Jaspal Rana's father, Narayan Singh Rana,
00:24who also has a very old connection with shooting.
00:29Let's talk to him about the whole environment and the kind of environment in the institute right now.
00:36Sir, first of all, thank you for your time.
00:38Thank you very much.
00:40Thank you for coming here to listen to Manu Bhakar's news.
00:44Sir, what was the first reaction?
00:47What kind of environment was there in the institute?
00:49How did you feel when Manu hit the target?
00:55Manu and Jaspal have a very long journey for this.
01:00Jaspal has been shooting for 20-25 years now and Manu has been shooting for 8 years.
01:07So, all the hard work that has been done in this journey and this result had to come, it had to be achieved.
01:13So, going there, India's flag goes up in the Olympics, the medals of the countries.
01:21So, the whole feeling at that time is that the whole country is watching it.
01:25The eyes of the whole country are there in the Olympics.
01:27This happens only in the Olympic event.
01:29It happens less in the rest of the events.
01:31But for the Olympics, where the ranking of the whole world is measured,
01:34Manu has done a very good performance by going to that place.
01:38It could have been done better, it was left for 0.1 to 0.2.
01:42And Jaspal, because he had become his personal coach there,
01:47he was a participant of his training for a year in a row.
01:50He has also come to our shooting academy 2-3 times.
01:53He had also trained here.
01:55We had also motivated him in front of us.
01:57So, this is a matter of great pride for us.
02:00And Jaspal's career was until 2006.
02:04He had made a hat-trick in the Asian Games.
02:06It was not an Olympic event, so it could not be done in the Olympics.
02:12But in the rest of the Asian Games, after PT USA,
02:15he has made a hat-trick.
02:17He has won 3 gold medals in Doha.
02:19He also won the first gold medal in Hiroshima.
02:21He is a gold medalist of the Commonwealth.
02:23He is a gold medalist of the World Championships.
02:26He has all the world records.
02:28So, he had a great experience for so many years.
02:32He has been shooting continuously since 1986.
02:35He has been shooting continuously since 2006.
02:37It was 20-25 years.
02:38Mannu has also benefited from that experience.
02:41This is the thing that every teacher wants his students to go ahead.
02:46What was Jaspal's first reaction when you talked to him?
02:49How happy he looks, how satisfied he is.
02:51What other expectations does he have?
02:53I was watching when Jaspal was behind,
02:55because he was not in the category of the main coach from the government.
02:59He was Mannu's personal coach.
03:01He was sitting behind in the audience.
03:03If you would have reacted,
03:05on his last shot,
03:07as soon as he hit the shot,
03:10and he got the bronze medal,
03:12this was his reaction.
03:14I mean, from inside,
03:16his feeling came out,
03:18that he got a medal.
03:20If we talk about your family,
03:22first of all, you held Jaspal's hand,
03:26then you brought him for the shooting.
03:28You are slowly bringing all the members of your family,
03:31and your academy,
03:33to other families,
03:35who are keeping the country's name.
03:37We would like to know a little about your family.
03:39How did you start?
03:41We are from Uttarakhand,
03:43Tehri district.
03:44Our village is called Interior.
03:46I was 9 years old when my father died.
03:50My mother died when I was 10 years old.
03:52I got married when I was 10 years old.
03:54My wife was 8 years old.
03:56From that level,
03:58to reach here,
04:00we had a program.
04:03We went to ITBP,
04:05then SPG.
04:07We became a shooting coach,
04:09in our first training.
04:11We were doing target practice.
04:13After that,
04:15Jaspal would study in Masuri,
04:17then we went to SPG,
04:19where we used to teach shooting.
04:21We used to teach him well.
04:23You can see his confidence.
04:25He used to shoot 9mm pistol.
04:27The pistol used to fall from his hand,
04:29but it didn't fall.
04:31I thought he can do it.
04:33After that,
04:35I was not his first coach.
04:37Later,
04:39foreign coaches also came.
04:41But,
04:43I coached him in the first Olympics,
04:45in 1996 Atlanta,
04:47and in 1994 Asian Games.
04:49He won a medal in the Asian Games,
04:51and played in the Olympics.
04:53Who all are here?
04:55Daughter, daughter-in-law,
04:57everyone is here.
04:59We would like to know
05:01about Jaspal.
05:03You have expressed your feelings.
05:07Yes,
05:09you have seen Jaspal in our family.
05:11He is my younger son,
05:13Shubas Rana.
05:15He is here.
05:17And he is
05:19from this team.
05:21Where is he?
05:23He is from Pera team.
05:25He is Shubas Rana.
05:27He is JP Nautiyal.
05:29This team,
05:31after 15 days of Olympics,
05:33they play in Pera Olympics.
05:35He is the first coach
05:37of India's team, Shubas Rana.
05:39He won 5 medals last time.
05:41He was awarded by Modi.
05:43After 15 days,
05:45he is going to Pera Olympics.
05:47He has won more than 5 medals.
05:49He is Shubas Rana.
05:51She is my daughter, Sushma Rana.
05:53She is Rajna Singh's daughter-in-law.
05:55She is a gold medalist
05:57of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
05:59She is my granddaughter,
06:01Devanshi.
06:03They have played together.
06:05She is Manu Bakar.
06:07Our whole family
06:09is involved in this.
06:11We are very fortunate
06:13that we were awarded by Jaspal.
06:15We bought this land
06:17for 18-20 lakh rupees.
06:19We have a range of international players.
06:21You can understand
06:23that if Manu Bakar
06:25has trained here,
06:27it is good for others as well.
06:29People from all over the country
06:31have come here.