Markswomen Manyata Singh and Shriyanka Sadangi revived the shooting success for Odisha by winning one silver and two bronze medals in different international competitions last week. Bhubaneswar girl Manyata secured the silver medal in the junior women 10m air rifle event of the Asian Shooting Championship at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on 7 February 2026.
A trainee of Odisha Aditya Birla Gagan Narang Shooting High Performance Centre, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar since 2020, Manyata won the silver medal on her international debut. She is the daughter of DAV School teachers Sarbadaman Singh and Smita Das, and pursues integrated law at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar.
Manyata qualified for the Asian championship on the basis of her National rankings. Meanwhile, she has also been selected to represent India in the ISSF Junior World Cup Shooting Championship, scheduled to be held in Cairo, Egypt from 19 to 27 April 2026.