On July 17, Beijing time, according to a foreign media “hindustantimes” report, the Indian shooting team had successfully arrived in Tokyo early on Saturday morning local time. They “do not need to undergo any quarantine before the Olympics” and have been allocated rooms in the Olympic Village. The site adaptability training will be officially carried out on July 19th, local time.
The shooting competition for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held at the Asaka Shooting Range in Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The venue also hosted the shooting competition of the 1964 Olympic Games. “They have settled in the Olympic Village and are allocating rooms. Training will start on July 19, local time. When we arrive here from Croatia, we don’t need any isolation.” Rajiv, Secretary of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) Bhatia told reporters.
Rajiv Bhatia also stated that the formalities for arriving at Narita International Airport went smoothly, and the Indian team did not encounter any obstacles requiring them to isolate: “After a long flight from Europe, the athletes may have a reaction in their legs, so They will train after a good rest. They may check their surroundings tomorrow.”
On Monday, local time, athletes may visit the competition shooting range and feel the atmosphere of the Olympic Games up close.
The Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8, local time, and the shooting competition will kick off one day after the opening ceremony. Athletes from India and a few other countries hit hard by the coronavirus for other events were supposed to undergo a three-day mandatory quarantine after arriving in the Japanese capital, but the Indian shooting team, which has been training for a long time in Europe, “does not need to do this.” On Friday, local time, they left Zagreb and stopped in Amsterdam before flying to Tokyo. The 13-member pistol and rifle team and two flying saucer shooters who were training in Italy-Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh took a flight to Tokyo together.
The Indian shooting team moved the training base to Zagreb in May local time. At that time, India was suffering from a devastating second wave of pandemics, and it was considered safer to train in Europe. During his stay in Croatia, the Indian shooter participated in the European Championship in Osijek from May 29 to June 6, and then participated in the last pre-Olympic World Cup at the same venue from June 22 to July 3. .
Shooting is the advantage of the Indian team. They topped the list in the four ISSF World Cups in 2019. In the Tokyo Olympics, India will have a record 15 shooters participating. In addition to coaches and logistics personnel, there will be eight rifles, five pistols and two UFO shooters.
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