Indian shooters keeping busy with dry firing in Croatia
In quarantine till May 19, India's Olympic-bound shooters are keeping themselves busy with dry firing in their respective hotel rooms at Zagreb before they hit the range next week. Accorded a warm welcome by the Croatian shooting fraternity, the Indian team will take part as a guest invitee in the European Championship from May 20 to June 6 at Osijek. Here are more details.
Indian shooters will compete in the ISSF World Cup
After the continental event, Indian shooters will compete in the ISSF World Cup, slated to be held in the same city from June 22 to July 3. "We are being taken care of very well here, including getting Indian food," a coach said from Zagreb.
Shooters are scheduled to visit the range on May 19
The coach said, "We are in quarantine at the moment and the shooters are doing dry shooting in their rooms and working on keeping the mind and body healthy." "The ammunition has been deposited in the range and we are scheduled to go to the range on May 19, after we have completed the one-week quarantine," he added.
Croatian Shooting Federation is making our stay pleasant: Coach
"The Croatian shooting federation is doing everything possible to make our stay pleasant. We also thank the National Rifle Association of India for this and also Peter Gorsa (world number three rifle shooter), who has been really helpful all along," the coach added.
Gorsa tested COVID-19 positive on his arrival in New Delhi
Gorsa, who had tested positive for COVID-19 on his arrival in New Delhi for the ISSF World Cup in March, was looked after well by the NRAI during his stay in India with NRAI president Raninder Singh even inviting him to stay at his residence. The 13 Olympic-bound Indian shooters, seven coaches, five physiotherapists, and a two-member video crew landed in Zagreb on Tuesday.
Croatia tour is team's final tune-up to the Tokyo Olympics
The two and a half months training-cum-competition tour of Croatia is the Indian team's final tune-up to the upcoming Tokyo Games. The two Olympics-bound skeet shooters -- Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad -- are currently based in Italy.
