Pistol coaches Pavel Smirnov and Ronak Pandit left for Zagreb, Croatia, on Saturday to join the Indian shooting team preparing for the Olympics in that country. Smirnov could not accompany the team earlier owing to a delay in getting a visa, while Pandit and other coaches Samaresh Jung and Jaspal Rana were also unable to leave for various reasons. READ: …
A source in the National Rifle Association of India said that the coaching staff will constitute only 30 percent of the whole squad in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. New Delhi: Rifle coach Oleg Mikhailov and pistol coach Pavel Smirnov will be the only instructors staying with Indian shooters for the entire duration of Tokyo Olympics, with the others serving the …
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