2021 Tokyo Olympics News

Tokyo-bound shooter Rahi Sarnobat claimed India's first gold medal in the ongoing 2021 ISSF World Cup, in Osijek, Croatia. The Indian overcame the likes of reigning Olympic champion - Anna Korakaki of Greece in the final of the women's 25m pistol event to claim top honours in the event.

A total of 13 Tokyo-bound rifle and pistol shooters will be in action at the ISSF World Cup, in Osijek, Croatia which started this Thursday. Owing to the surge in the Covid-19 cases in India, the shooters have shifted their training base to Croatia in the build-up to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Raninder Singh, the president of NRAI, feels that the Indian shooters won’t let the country down even though predicting the number of medals won't be possible. A total of 15 shooters qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, out of which 13 are rifle and pistol shooters, with two being skeet shooters.

Mairaj Ahmad Khan is delighted to Italy with former coach Ennio Falco in the build-up to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The shotgun shooter, who is currently training in Capua, has been through a lot in the past few days, having lost his father and subsequently missed out on the World Cup, in Lonato.