The first World Cup of the 2022 boccia season gets underway next week
in Rio de Janeiro. And although the European Championships last
November was the official opener of the new Paris 2024 cycle, it felt
rather tied onto the back of the Paralympics.
Tokyo
Japan
Rio-de-janeiro
Estado-do-rio
Brazil
Thailand
Paris
France-general
France
United-kingdom
China
Beijing
Saurabh Chaudhary & Abhishek Verma
The tabulation at the end of this article shows the performances in the event across seven major ISSF tournaments since the start of the Olympic qualification period. Besides the World Championships in 2018, there were four World Cups in 2019 (all offering Olympic quotas) and two World Cups in 2021 (which provide an indicator of recent form) that have been included in the table, in an attempt to determine the top contenders and medal favourites going into Tokyo. In the interest of uniformity, restricted events like continental championships and the World Cup Final (which is an invitational event) have not been included.
Jiayu
Hubei
China
Xuan-vinh
Khá-hòm
Vietnam
Republic-of
Zhengyang
Shaanxi
Olesk
Volyns-ka-oblast
Ukraine
Tokyo 2020: Data check – a close look at women’s 10m air rifle stats and where Indians stand
In an event where Indian shooters were on a dream run in 2019, things are not looking clear cut anymore if recent form is any indication. File image of Apurvi Chandela | ISSF
After a disappointing showing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Tokyo 2020 is likely to play a critical role in determining the future of the Olympic movement in India, and unsurprisingly, a lot of Indian hopes are pinned on the sport of shooting.
India had a mind-blowing 2019 in shooting, topping the medals tally at all the four rifle/pistol World Cups with a total of 22 medals including as many as 16 gold. Such performances were unheard of in Indian shooting and rightly raised a lot of hopes.
Tokyo
Japan
Yang-qian
Fujian
China
United-states
Martynova
Sverdlovskaya-oblast
Russia
Munich
Bayern
Germany