Tokyo: Indian shooting team coaches Deepali Deshpande and Ronak Pandit sounded optimistic on the eve of the shooters’ first big test in the Tokyo Olympics here.
Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan will represent India as the shooting events begin Saturday with the women’s 10m air rifle competition at the Asaka Range.
That will be followed by the men’s 10m air pistol qualification and the final with Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma in action.
Coaches of both the rifle and pistol camps were upbeat after completion of pre-event training.
National rifle coach Deepali Deshpande said, “The girls are all raring to go and training today has been as planned. We are confident of a good showing tomorrow.”
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