Best Sportsperson of the XVth Asian Games 
New Delhi: The XVth Asian Games in Doha have seen Jaspal Rana come out of oblivion to win three golds and one silver in shooting.
The ace Indian shooter’s performance has not only brought laurels for India but has also meant led to Rana being declared Best Sportsperson of the XVth Asian Games.
He had also equalled the world record of 590 in the centre fire competition.
Rana is the first ever sportsperson from the country to bag the coveted honour and would fly back to Doha to receive the honour personally.
He will be bestowed with the award during the Games’ Closing Ceremony on December 15.
Rana came into limelight in the early 1990’s and had won the first shooting gold medal for the country at the Hiroshima Asian Games in 1994.
When the news was broken to him by the National Rifle Association of India, the 30-year-old was ecstatic.
“I am very happy and I will be going to Doha to personally accept the award,” he said.
He also said that he might have got the award as he won the medals despite not being in the best of his health.
NRAI secretary Baljeet Singh Sethi described Rana getting the award as a “big achievement” and pointed out that even the Chinese athletes who were winning the gold medal at will did not get the award.
Sethi said the award was not only for Rana but also for the entire country.
“It is a very big news. He has been declared best among 10,000 participants,” he said.