Indian Shooting thread

[sameerph]

Manu Bhaker had a better score- 583 in the second trial again good enough for a final at world level. But, this time in final she could only finish third.

I thing these are the end of these trials. Our medal hopefuls did reasonably ok shooting in comeptition level after so long. As of now Saurabh Chaudhari remains our best medal prospect in shooting followed by mixed team of Saurabh/Manu. Elevanil is close third but first she has to get into the team dispacing one of the quota winners. Apart from these 3, there are host of others who do have reasonable chance of a medal if they shoot at their best on the important day.

[suresh]

How to shoot yourself in your foot or when paper pushers rule the roots?

Olympic-qualified Deswal and 21 other shooters banned from National Championships

[sameerph]

True, idoitic decision not allow someone to compete where there were not many compeitions, but it looks like federation president will request for stay of that ban-

Banned shooters could get a reprieve, NRAI chief to persuade governing body for a stay

[Atithee]

India tops medal tally at first Asian Online Shooting Championship

The 24-member shooting team from India topped the medals tally in the first Asian Online Shooting Championship.

https://thebridge.in/shooting/india-top ... mpionship/

Has this been reported in this thread?

[arjun2761]

What exactly is an online shooting championship? Does each participant use the same simulator?

[PKBasu]

Presumably, they were using shooting ranges of their own, but the monitoring of results was happening online. I would think that you actually have to shoot at targets, not use simulators. But it's "online" in the sense that the shooters don't come to a single venue, but do it where they are, while being monitored/watched "online". That, at least, is my guess!

If this becomes the norm, a lot of the fun of international sports (not involving one-to-one competition) will be lost -- if you can stay home, and your results can be monitored from afar.

[Atithee]

Of course, it is real shooting and not simulators. Just happens at a range in home countries, presumably monitored online by judges etc. Local federations must also be a part of following protocols and some aspect of adherence to norms.

[arjun2761]

Well in that case the conditions in each country would likely be quite different. Even if indoors, the drift, temperature, lighting etc. would likely be different and I suspect that it would make at least some difference in the scores. Trap shooting would likely be outdoors where the conditions would differ even more....

[prasen9]

I would not mind having both. Distributed tournaments and centralized ones. A lot of countries cannot host tournaments because of sponsorship, etc. I am assuming that distributed tournaments will be cheaper and may allow more sportsmen to participate.

[sameerph]

Today first shooting world cup after more than a year and half started in New Delhi. Quota places for olympics are already decided. So, no olympic qualification places here except the rankings points which will be useful for getting a better ranking. We only have a chance for this mens rapid fire pistol.

Today mens and womens 10M air rifle events qualification took place.

In mens 10M air rifle, Arjun Babuta and Divyansh Singh Panway qualified for the final. Our second olympic quota winner Deepak Kumar finished 12th.

In womens 10M air rifle, only Anjum Modugil qualfied for the final with a score of 629.6 ( finished second). A bit disappointing that Elavenil and Apurvi did not reach the final. Elavenil finished 12th while Apurvi finished a poor 26th.

Apurvi Chandela who was our standout performer in 2019 and seemed favoured for an olympic medal has suddenly gone down post covid break. Anjum who did not do so well at that time has performed well today. So, it will be tough to select 2 out these 3 for our olympic spots.

Final will be tomorrow as will be 10M pistol men and women where too we have a lot of interest.

[sameerph]

Divyansh Singh Panwar wins bronze in mens 10M Air rifle. Some of the best shooters in the world from China and Europe are not here. Still would put Divyansh as outside medal prospect for Tokyo. He has also won a gold at an earlier world cup.

[sameerph]

Gold and silver in womens 10M Air Pistol- Gold for Yasaswini Deswal and silver for Manu Bhaker. Silver and bronze in mens 10M pistol - silver for Saurabh Chaudhari and bronze for Abhishek Verma.

Must say the fields in pistol events have been really weak here. But, if one goes by scores, Yashswini would have won lower medals in some of the world cups in 2019 ( when the fields were full) but Manu needs to add a couple of points in qualfication and couple in finals to get into medal contention at world level.
Saurabh had a top class 587 in the qualifying and Abhishek 583 - both would have made the final in any field. Final scores were a bit lower by Saurabh's own standards but with his today's score would have still got him gold in 2 of the 4 world cups in 2019 and silver in other 2 other world cups. A 40 yer old Irananin shooter suddenly came out of nowhere today and won gold ahead of Saurabh today. Shown the uncertainity in shooting.

[sameerph]

Today gold for India in mixed team events of both Air Pistol ( Saurabh and Manu) and Air rifle ( Divyansh and Elavenil). Saurabh and Manu have now won their last 5 world cups. This pair is right now our best medal prospect in shooting at Tokyo.

Also a first time in womens skeet for us where 20 year old Ganemat Sekhon became the first Indian women to win a bronze in Womens skeet. Another Indian girls finished fourth. Too later for this olympics but we may have a medal prospect for next olympics.

[depleter]

Interesting read.
Improved fitness leads to dip in performance for Apurvi Chandela and Angad Bajwa
https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id ... erformance

National coaches don't think the loss of form suggests a deeper crisis. "It's not really a shooting issue. It's a problem with her equipment," says Deepali Deshpande.A bit of shooting 101 first. Before an athlete takes a shot, they brace their body, making it as still as they can. To make things easier, shooters wear a specialised, weighted shooting jacket and trousers made of a thick, stiffened canvas. "These kits are meant to support the weight of both the shooter and the rifle and distribute it evenly on your body. If your kit is a little loose or if it doesn't have strong support, then you have to work harder to stay perfectly still," says Chandela's personal coach Rakesh Manpat.

For Indian rifle shooters, changes in body shape meant shooting jackets and trousers had to be made out once again, to skinnier dimensions. Old jackets that were now suddenly more loose couldn't provide the same sort of support and stiffness that they once would have.

This wouldn't have been a problem on its own. Panwar, who uses kit made by an Indian brand, got himself fitted out with a new set of jacket and trousers that's worked perfectly for him at the World Cup. Chandela, though, is using a jacket manufactured by the South Korean Marksman brand, which proved near-impossible to replace. "For a long time, they weren't even responding to our mails because supply chains have been affected by the Covid situation," says Deshpande.

Angad Bajwa will for sure go to olympics...But Chandela's situation is interesting. With normal rules going out of the window I wonder what NRAI will do now. If Chandela can get back to her 2019 form I would prefer her to go over Anjum Moudgil simply because of her final scores. Anjum doesn't have that much of a good record in finals except for that World championships. The same goes for Deepak kumar on the men's side. I have never seen shoot high in the finals..It's better if that quota actually goes to any other shooter. If Apurvi does get her form back after the kit change, I would prefer Aishwary Pratap singh shooting in men's 10m rifle too. With Deepak's quota going for Anjum in 50m 3 pos. Apurvi and Elavanil in women's 10m rifle.

[sameerph]

But, I read that they will be selecting the team right after this world cup. In any case, there are no international competitions till June after this world cup. So, no time for Apurva to get back to form before selection. It will be a big dilema for the selection commitee as to which of Anjum, Apurva and Elavenil they will select. Anjum and Apurva are quota winners but Elavenil is current world #1 and also important for mixed team event. Apurva was best performer in 2019 but has been bad form since covid break.

Whoever we missed out among 3 will feel hard done by.