: Problem areas: Identifying the reasons behind Indian shooting’s dismal show at the Tokyo Olympics #IndiaNEWS As the glitter and the dust settles on India’s historic Tokyo Olympics campaign, the

@IndiaNEWS

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

Problem areas: Identifying the reasons behind Indian shooting’s dismal show at the Tokyo Olympics #IndiaNEWS
As the glitter and the dust settles on India’s historic Tokyo Olympics campaign, the focus should shift from celebration to introspection. Due to the delay caused by the pandemic, we are already a year into the next Olympic cycle and the task at hand is to work on the problem areas identified in Tokyo. One such aspect was the performance of India’s shooting squad. India sent their biggest ever team of 15 shooters for 10 events but only one final was reached – Saurabh Chaudhary in the 10m air pistol. But it was not just the fact that there were no medals or finals; sport is unpredictable as ever at the Olympics and the much-watched men’s javelin throw final is proof that being a favourite means very little. The bigger concern though was how the problems in the lead-up to the Olympics were either not identified or not worked upon enough.Tokyo 2020: Data check – where Indian shooters finished and how far they were from finalsThis was the second straight Olympics that the Indian shooters fired a blank at. They had reached just two finals at Rio 2016 which led to a major reassessment of the systems and many changes were put into place...Read more

Stock Market NEWS Best intraday tips Intraday Stocks below 100

Share & Forward! Do Not Share

0 Reactions   React

Replies (0) Report

Login to post a comment!