It was business as usual for World No. 2 Gagan Narang as he won the bronze medal in the 10-metre air rifle event at the ongoing World Championships in Munich on Saturday and became the first Indian to seal a place in the 2012 Olympics in London.

A failed gear box combined with a problem with the windscreen ruined Gaurav Gill’s plans of a podium finish as the MRF driver ended the race seventh at the International Rally of Whangarei, the third

India’s Gaurav Gill was the shining knight in MRF’s armour as he came up with an impressive show at the third round of the 2010 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), here on Saturday. He topped the eighth stage of the Rally of Whangarei with a timing of 59.5 seconds and is looking as eager as ever for a podium finish on Sunday.

With the Whangarei rally ready to roll, MRF’s Gaurav Gill on Friday was modest enough to admit that the Proton team will be in full flow at the third stage of the 2010 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) here on Saturday.

As the stage gets set for the third round of the 2010 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) that will start here from Friday, all eyes will be on MRF’s Katsuhiko Taguchi who won the Rally Hokkaido in Japan and teammate Gaurav Gill who too has been in ominous touch. Gaurav will want to better his show here after finishing third in the previous round.