There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.

He also holds an Individual Bronze Medal which he won in Doha Asian Games 2006. He also won the Team Gold Medal with (Moraad Ali Khan). Rajyavardhan is accredited for winning the Asian Clay Target Gold Medal for four times in a row year 2003 2004 2005 and 2006.

He is the first Indian (post independence) to win an individual silver after Norman Pritchard a British origin born in India who won two silver medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics.