KARACHI: The President, Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), retired Lt Gen Syed Arif Hasan has said that everyone in the country is keen to see Pakistan’s athletes perform well in the Tokyo Olympics, set to start from July 23, and added that he is confident of their fine show in the Games.
“Despite the Covid-19, these athletes have proven their capabilities at the Olympic qualifiers and surely, they will showcase the same sort of excellent performances at the Tokyo Olympics,” Arif said while talking to this correspondent.
“It has been almost three decades that Pakistan won an Olympic medal. The last occasion was in 1992 Games at Barcelona where the Pakistan hockey team, led by Shahbaz Ahmed, had won a bronze medal,” he recalled. “We hope for a good news this year at the Tokyo Olympics and we are keen to see out athletes excel at the mega event.”
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Evglevski on target for Tokyo Olympics with impressive display
Victoria’s Sergei Evglevski produced another world class performance in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol when the Australian Olympic Shooting team competed in a national online event from Shepparton.
With COVID-19 border restrictions preventing all athletes contesting from one location, athletes competed simultaneously across the country on electronic targets.
Evglevski, who will make his Olympic debut in Tokyo next month, registered an outstanding qualifying score of 585 from a possible 600 points before equalling his Australian record of 32 hits from a possible 40 in the final.
Evglevksi’s qualifying scores would have earned him a place in both the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and 2018 ISSF World Championship finals, while his score in the final would have snared the 2016 Olympic Games silver medal and a shoot-off for gold at the 2018 World Championships.
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Tokyo Olympic Games team member, Sergei Evglevski, overcame the obstacle of competing remotely in Melbourne to claim the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol gold medal.
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Evglevski wrecks Repacholi’s triple gold party
Sergei Evglevski spoiled the weekend birthday celebrations of his Tokyo Olympic Games team-mate, Dan Repacholi, when capturing the men’s 10m Air Pistol gold medal on the third and final day of the Brisbane Cup Rifle and Pistol Championship at the Brisbane International Shooting Centre today.
Repacholi, who turned 39 yesterday, appeared destined for his third gold medal of the Championship, after winning the Mixed 10m Air Pistol teams event and the 50m Pistol final, when comfortably topping the 10m Air Pistol morning qualification round.
However, in the final, it was Evglevski who rose to the top tallying 238.3 points to outlast Repacholi (237.3 points) and ACT’s Thomas Ashmore (213.4).