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India s top pistol shooters likely to find themselves without their coaches in Tokyo
44dJonathan Selvaraj
India s top pistol shooters likely to find themselves without their coaches in Tokyo
File photo - Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary compete in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event final in the 2019 ISSF World Cup, New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Arun Sharma
In a bizarre scenario, India s top pistol shooters - the country s most likely Olympic medal-winners - will be without their coaches from now till the start of the Games in Tokyo. While the shooters will be in Croatia for the next two months, for a tournament and subsequent practice camp, their coaches will remain in India.
Olympic-bound shooters get first dose of Covid vaccine
Thu, May 06 2021 11:11:10 PM
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS): The Olympic Games-bound Indian shooting squad, including the coaching staff, received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, said a coach associated with the national team.
Fifteen shooters, including two in shotgun (skeet), have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to begin on July 23, from the 2019 Olympic qualification cycle. Some of the shooters like Sanjeev Rajput, Manu Bhaker and Anjum Moudgil had already got their first shot of vaccines last week. The other shooters and members of the coaching staff who had not were vaccinated on Thursday to ensure good health and minimise the risk of contracting the virus, a coach told IANS.
Indian shooting team to relocate to Croatia ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Tuesday, 4 May 2021
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has said the country’s shooting team will establish a base in Croatia next week, where they will remain until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
India are due to participte in the qualification rounds of the European Championships in Zagreb later this month, where they will not be eligible for medals.
The NRAI told the
Indian Express newspaper that the shooting team will remain in the Croatian capital after the competition concludes in June.
It follows an agreement reached with the Croatian Shooting Federation.
Charter flight to take Indian shooters to Croatia
Tue, May 04 2021 08:20:22 AM
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS): In view of the raging Covid-19 pandemic in India, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has arranged for a charter flight for the Olympic-bound shooters to travel to Croatia to train and compete in the European Shooting Championships this month. The national team will leave for Europe next Tuesday on a charter flight. The arrangement has been done to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. Before the team s departure, all the shooters and coaching staff will also be vaccinated. The private coaches and support staff associated with the national team will also get vaccines, the NRAI said in a statement on Monday.