Shooters don t want pressure of high scores in warm-up events
Thu, May 20 2021 10:42 IST |
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New Delhi, May 20 : Ronak Pandit, India s high-performance manager in pistol discipline, will travel to Zagreb at the end of this month to monitor training of Olympic-bound pistol shooters. I couldn t accompany the national team which left for Croatia last week due to family problems, but I ve applied for visa and will go as early as possible, Pandit told IANS from Mumbai.
India have earned five Olympic quota places in pistol events and eight in rifle. Two skeet shooters have also got tickets to Japan.
Indian shooters begin practice in Croatia
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New Delhi, May 19 : Olympic-bound Indian shooting squad based in Zagreb went through four hours of training routine on Wednesday morning after completing their week-long quarantine. We arrived in Croatia last week but had to stay indoors for a week as per Covid-19 protocols. But on Wednesday, all the shooters went out to local ranges for practice in the morning session, a coach of the national team told IANS from Zagreb.
All the shooters and members of the coaching staff were tested for Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Shooter Apurvi will gradually increase intensity after Covid: Coach
Thu, May 13 2021 10:38:51 PM
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS): Olympic Games-bound rifle shooter Apurvi Chendela will gradually increase intensity at the Indian national camp in Zagreb, Croatia, as she is yet to recover fully from a bout of Covid-19, said her coach Rakesh Manpat on Thursday.
Apurvi, who qualified in women s 10 metres air rifle event, is part of the Indian team that is undergoing a two-month long camp that started on Wednesday. She fell ill in the last week of last month. Since her Covid-19 test came negative she boarded a charter flight to Croatia with the national team on Tuesday. But we plan to gradually move to hard training, Manpat told IANS.
Holder among 8 Barbados Tridents retentions for 2021 CPL
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Thu, May 13 2021 22:42 IST |
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London, June 11 (IANS) West Indies players will discuss among themselves as to whether they are going to take a stand on the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement during their upcoming Test series against England.. Image Source: IANS News
Kingston, May 13 : The Barbados Tridents said on Thursday that captain Jason Holder, along with his fellow Barbadians Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Raymon Reifer, Justin Greaves, Nyeem Young and Joshua Bishop have, been retained for the 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
In addition to the local playing contingent the Tridents have retained opening batsman Johnson Charles and leg spinner Hayden Walsh Jr, who was player of the tournament when the Tridents claimed the CPL title in 2019.
India pistol coach Smirnov grounded without visa
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Tue, May 11 2021 17:48 IST |
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India pistol coach Smirnov grounded without visa (Photo:Shooter Suma Shirur Twitter). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 11 : India s pistol coach Pavel Smirnov will not accompany the 28-member national shooting squad to Croatia on Tuesday due to delay in visa process. He hasn t got a visa for Croatia [yet] so can t go with the team. But he will go next week when he gets the necessary travel documents, a national level coach told IANS.
As many as 13 shooters in the squad will attend an Olympic camp in the European country.