New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- As double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker fought for gold in a tense 25m women's pistol final at the Asian Shooting Championships, her coach Jaspal Rana was barred from taking his position in the coaches' corner at the Karni Singh Shooting Range. The jury ruled that the colour of his trousers was in the prohibited list under the world shooting body, ISSF's dress code. The decision sparked a stir inside the arena with Jaspal, a multiple Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, asking technical officials to specify the shades of 'brown' that were not allowed. He eventually sat in the spectators' gallery. The jury showed Rana ISSF dress code on prohibited items. The rule states: "Sporting colours should be national uniform colours. If national colours are not worn, colours that must not be worn are camouflage, plaids, khaki, olive or brown." "Any time we see someone not following the dress code, we ask them to correct it. It is very important. He could have changed and come back, but he decided to see the competition from the spectator area," jury chairperson Haniye Khandan of Iran told HT. There was little time to leave the field of play, change and return for the final. Jaspal, who is also the high-performance coach of the national team, chose to remain in the gallery. He was wearing an India jersey and trousers. Jaspal told HT he wore the same colours when Manu competed in the 10m air pistol final and there was no objection. "Today they had some issues. I was not allowed to take the coach's position in the FOP. They said the colour of the trousers is prohibited as per ISSF rules," he said. "Even for shooters it is important to have full clarity on the shades they can wear," Rana said. Having coached at multiple international events including world championships and the Olympics, he said he had never faced such a situation before. "I know the rules. You won't leave your athlete to suffer because the coach is not following rules," he said....