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NEW DELHI: In the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Mohabbatein<\/span>, Amitabh Bachchan<\/a>\u2019s character, Narayan Shankar, lays down three pillars of a gurukul<\/span>: “Parampara, Pratishtha, Anushasan (Tradition, Prestige, Discipline)”.
For Havildar Inder Singh, these weren\u2019t just words, but the foundation he sought when scouting for a shooting academy for his daughter Suruchi Singh in the post-pandemic era.
The search led him to Suresh Singh, a retired army man running Guru Dronacharya Shooting Academy in Gurugram, Haryana.
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\u201cThere are open tournaments all over Haryana, so her family had heard of us. When both father and daughter visited, they appreciated the discipline here. Her father told me, \u2018I want a place where my daughter will learn discipline,\u2019\u201d Suresh Singh recalls during an exclusive interaction with TimesofIndia.com<\/span>.
On their first meeting, Coach Suresh made one thing clear:
\u201cI asked them, ‘Do you want to follow your technique, or mine?’ If it\u2019s just about pulling the trigger, fine. But if it\u2019s my method, there\u2019s a system. They agreed. I said, ‘Give me six months. If you like the progress, we will continue.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Suruchi was enrolled. And soon, results followed. The Jhajjar-born won medals at the 2022 and 2023 Nationals.
Year 2024 proved to be her breakthrough year, with a stunning haul of seven gold medals at the Nationals in Delhi, followed by two more at the National Games in Uttarakhand earlier this year.
Over the past weeks, the 18-year-old shooter has gone international, with Suruchi clinching gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the ISSF World Cup alongside Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

This was her third World Cup gold this season, having already won the individual 10m Air Pistol events in Peru and Argentina, plus a bronze in the mixed team event.
\u201cShe\u2019s really in a rhythm. This girl is not going to stop now,\u201d her coach adds with unshakable confidence. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked consistently for two years. She\u2019s been training with me for three and a half years now, but the focused, continuous work started about two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While her recent heroics may make her look like one, Suruchi wasn\u2019t born a sharpshooter. She had drive, but her matches would spill beyond regulation time.
\u201cShe\u2019d shoot for long hours, but matches last about 75 minutes. Earlier, she couldn\u2019t finish a match properly. I noticed this and focused on correcting it,\u201d reveals Suresh.
In the beginning, she was impatient, even blunt.
“I told her, ‘If you want to succeed, control your impulses.’ To be a top shooter, you have to control your emotions and not rush. At first, she would say, ‘Sir, you\u2019re wasting my time,’ but eventually she understood,” he sighs.<\/p>\n

For the first few months, Suresh kept the prodigy away from participating in any competition, only focusing on practice.
After two months of just training, she entered one match and showed progress.
Then two more months of sheer practice, then one more match. “Slowly, she reached a point where she could handle a match once a week,” reveals Suresh.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Sir, I have five minutes before I go in\u2019<\/h2>\n

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Now, before every match, even during this ISSF World Cup, Suruchi has a ritual: calling her coach.
“Before every match, she’d do a video or WhatsApp call. She\u2019ll say, \u2018Sir, I have five minutes before I go in, what should I do?\u2019 I give her a quick pep talk. It clears her mind. She goes in fresh and performs,” adds Suruchi’s coach.<\/p>\n

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‘If she weren\u2019t at the World Cup today…’<\/h2>\n

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Back home in Jhajjar, if she weren\u2019t winning medals, she\u2019d be harvesting wheat.
\u201cShe comes from a humble family. At home, she runs machinery, helps on the farm. She\u2019s not one to sit idle. If she weren\u2019t at the World Cup today, she\u2019d be home harvesting wheat,\u201d Coach Suresh tells TimesofIndia.com.
From Suresh’s narrative, what stands out about the 18-year-old is her grit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s incredibly stubborn — in the best way,\u201d he smiles. \u201cFor example, if she plans to shoot 150 shots that day, and the final shot doesn\u2019t land on the perfect score (a ten), she won\u2019t stop until she gets it.\u201d
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As Suruchi will be returning home from the ISSF World Cup with a neck full of medals, her coach Suresh is preparing a celebration fit for his protege: \u201cWe\u2019ll go to the airport to receive her. We\u2019ll talk to the Haryana Rifle Association and National Rifle Federation and request them to allow us to bring her home directly from the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n


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