15 shooters from India are going to take part in the Olympics. This is three times the number of Indian shooters participating in the Rio Olympics.
Shooter selected for Tokyo Olympics
Shooting is a sport in which India has received the most international medals in the last decades. India’s shooters have performed well all over the world. India’s shooters for the Tokyo Olympics have won a record 15 quota places in different events. The Federation also announced the Indian on Sunday. This time the number is 3 times more than the 2016 Rio Olympics. In such a situation, it is expected that the Indian shooters will perform unprecedentedly in the Tokyo Olympics.
In the last two decades, there has been a huge increase in the popularity of shooting in India. The country has received many excellent young shooters, who have won the top titles in the ISSF World Championship, World Championship, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. So we tell you which shooters of India are going to go to the Olympics. From India, 15 shooters are going to participate in the Olympics. To deal with the uncertainty caused by the Kovid-19 epidemic, the NRAI has placed two reserve players in each category of quota.
Indian shooters going to the Olympics
1. Anjum Moudgil: First shooter to get quota
Rifle shooter Anjum Moudgil became India’s first shooter to win a quota for the Tokyo Olympics, Anjum won the Olympic quota with her silver medal at the 2018 World Championships in Changwon, South Korea. Won the silver medal in the final of the women’s 10 meter air rifle event with a score of 248.4, and managed to win one of the four Olympic quota places at stake. Anjum is an experienced shooter and she will be participating in the Olympic Games for the first time.
2. Apoorvi Chandela: Tokyo ticket after finishing fourth
Apoorvi Chandela confirmed her place for the Olympics in the women’s 10 meter air rifle event at the 2018 World Championships. In the final match, Apurvi scored 207 points and won the Kota Place by finishing fourth. This was the first time that two shooters of India managed to qualify for the Olympics in one event of the same competition. 26-year-old Apoorvi Chandela also participated in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, where she finished 34th. Now they are expected to perform better in Tokyo.
3. Sourav Chaudhary: Gold in ISSF World Cup
Youth shooter Sourav Chaudhary won the Olympic quota with a gold medal in the 10-meter air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup held in New Delhi in early 2019. Sourav Chaudhary has been performing consistently for the last several years, he surprised everyone by winning the gold medal in the 10 meters air pistol at the 2018 Asian Games. His pairing with Manu Bhaker in the mixed event has also been very successful.
4. Manu Bhaker: Consistently Great Performance
Manu Bhaker did her best in the ISSF World Cup in Munich to earn a quota for the Tokyo Olympics, in which she finished fourth in the women’s 10m air pistol event. Manu Bhaker has consistently performed brilliantly. She has won gold medals in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games as well as several medals in the World Cup, Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships.
5. Yashaswini Deswal: Sparkle in Rio in 2019
Yashaswini Deswal achieved the Olympic quota by winning a gold medal in the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in 2019. She has won medals to India in many international competitions.
6. Abhishek Verma: Provided Second Olympic Quota
Abhishek Verma has performed brilliantly in the last few years, winning the hearts of all by giving India the second Olympic quota in the men’s 10 meter air pistol event with gold medal at the 2019 ISSF World Cup. Apart from ISSF World Cup, Abhishek Verma has also won medals in Asian Games and World Championships.
7. Elavenil: Number One Shooter
At present, the world number one shooter in the women’s 10 meter air rifle category, Elavenil could not achieve the Olympic quota. But in the last three-years, he has consistently performed well. Due to this, the NRAI included him in the team in place of Anjum in the 10 meter air rifle category.
8. Rahi Sarnobat: An attempt to eradicate Rio.
Rahi Sarnobat is an experienced shooter. She is expected to show her skills in Tokyo by securing Olympic quota in the 25-meter pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich in 2019. In 2012, she became the first Indian female shooter to achieve the Olympic quota in the 25m pistol, but Rahi Sarnobat finished 19th at the London Games. She has won the gold medal in the Asian Games, due to injury she could not participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
9. Sanjeev Rajput: No Experience Experience
Sanjeev Rajput won the silver medal in the final of the men’s 50 meter rifle 3 position event at the ISSF World Cup in Rio with a score of 462, and also secured a place for the Tokyo Olympics. Sanjeev Rajput is a very experienced shooter, has given medals to India in Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Cup and many international competitions. He has participated in Beijing in 2008 and London Olympic Games in 2012, but could not make it to the finals both times.
10. Deepak Kumar: Bronze gave the golden opportunity
Deepak Kumar performed brilliantly for India in the Asian Championships in 2019 and won the bronze medal and also got the Olympic quota. Deepak had scored 227.8 in the final of the men’s 10 meter air rifle event. He won the silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games.
11. Divyansh Singh Panwar: Many medals won at the World Championship
Young is a shooter, having won the Olympic medal by winning the silver medal in the 2019 Beijing ISSF World Cup. Divyansh has won two ISSF World Cup gold medals in the Air Rifle Mix Team event along with Anjum Moudgil as well as several medals in the World Cup and World Championship.
12. Tejaswini Sawant: Three Gold in Commonwealth Games
Finished fourth in the 50m rifle 3 position event at the Asian Championships and increased the participation of women players in the Tokyo Olympics by securing a quota. Tejaswini has been a three-time gold medal winner at the Commonwealth Games.
13. Angad Bajwa: Ready to shine in future
In the Asian Championship, he won the gold medal after performing brilliantly in skeet shooting and managed to get Kota Place. Angad has won a total of 4 medals, including 3 gold medals, at the 2015 and 2019 Asian Shooting Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2018 Asian Shotgun Championship.
14. Mairaj Ahmad Khan: Gold will give you experience
He is a very experienced skeet shooter of the country. In the Asian Shooting Championship held in Doha, Mairaj Ahmed won the quota in the skeet event for the Tokyo Olympic Games and became the second Indian shooter to win the quota in this category. Participated in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, where he finished ninth. Mairaj has won the name of the country by winning dozens of international medals so far.
15. Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar: Short Impression
Finished third in the 50m3 position rifle event of the Asian Championships, winning a bronze medal as well as winning the Kota Place for the Tokyo Olympics. Aishwarya has also won the ISSF World Cup, Junior World Cup and Asian Airgun Shooting, having won medals in the country.
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