Record number of shooters qualify for Tokyo Paralympics
This is the first time that such a big number of shooters have been able to achieve the required benchmark for the qualification.
In the past, the Indian shooters have only been able to book one quota in shooting at the Paralympics.
The members of the Selection Committee assembled at the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) office on Thursday to select para shooters who will be representing India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. The selectors took the scores of para shooters from May 2018 to July 5, 2021 in International competitions, national championship and selection trials into consideration.
“Rubina Francis has qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics with a World Record while Avani Lekhara has qualified for all four wheelchair shooting events which is great achievement. It is a great achievement and a result of hard work of the coaches and the shooters,” said Deep Malik, president of PCI.
Kavinder Chaudhary, the PCI vice-president, expressed his hope for a rich haul of medals from the shooters. “From just one shooter in past Para Games to 10 in Tokyo, we have really taken a big stride and we are hoping that this time we will be able to win record medals just in shooting,” said Kavinder.
