July 21, 2021 19:52 PM
On July 20th, Valerívan (left) of the Indian shooting team communicated with the coach during training.
[Sina Sports News, 21st]Speaking of Indian shooting, people are most familiar with the male shooter Abinaf Bindra, who won India’s first individual gold medal in history at the Beijing Olympics. Since then, the shooting event has become the best hope for the Indian delegation to win medals in all previous Olympic Games. For the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian shooting team will once again attack the medals.
In addition to hockey, India has few traditional advantages in participating in the Olympics. Shooting has become India’s strongest sport in the Olympics. It has won 4 medals in the past 4 Olympics. For the Olympic Games, India sent a shooting team of 15 people to participate in the three sub-events of air guns, pistols and flying saucers, and 10 sub-events. The number of athletes is the largest in history. This team is mainly composed of young people, but also includes some veterans who are in good condition late in their careers. The average age of the shooting team is 28, with 3 athletes under 20 and 3 athletes in their 40s. Although only 4 people in the team have experience in participating in the Olympics, the current world rankings are all young people.
According to Indian media reports, in order to avoid the impact of the domestic epidemic and ensure a smooth participation in the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian shooting team went to Croatia for intensive training in May this year. During training, the Indian shooting team also participated in the European Shooting Championships and the FIFA World Cup held in the country.
Indian shooting team athlete Valeriwan took photos after training.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong
The Indian media predicts optimistically that the Indian shooting team will launch an impact on multiple shooting gold medals in this Olympics. This optimism is more derived from the continuous outstanding performance of the Indian shooting team in the past few years. At present, the Indian shooting team has the ability to win medals and even hit gold medals in individual 10-meter air rifles for men and women, 10-meter air pistols for men and women, 25-meter air pistols for women’s individual, and mixed events for men and women.
In the Olympic cycle starting from the 2018 International Shooting Federation World Championships, Indian athletes often entered the finals of air rifles and air pistols. The Indian shooting team also won many medals in various international competitions. In this year’s International Shooting Federation World Cup (which was renamed the Champions Cup due to the epidemic), the Indian shooting team also created a record-breaking performance and shot many gold medals. All 15 Olympians have won in this year’s international competitions, which fully demonstrates their excellent state.
On the 24th, the first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics will be won in the women’s 10-meter air rifle. Indian players Elavini Valariwan and Apvi Chandra are strong and will compete with Chinese teenagers Yang Qian and Wang Luyao. competition.
.