New Delhi: Some of the country’s top shooters, including Vijay Kumar, Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Heena Sidhu, will make one last attempt to secure quota places for the 2016 Olympics in the Asia Olympic qualifying competition that gets under way at the Karni Singh ranges here from Wednesday.
The eight-day event will see as many as 575 shooters from 32 nations vying for 35 quota places.
Eleven Indian shooters took part in the London Games, and the contingent will hope to better that mark this time around. So far, eight shooters have secured quotas for Rio.
While there will be four quotas each for men in trap and skeet, women have one apiece. The men’s and women’s 3-position rifle and women’s sports pistol will offer three quota berths each while the other events will have two quota places each.
Vijay has not been able to produce any notable performance since his London Olympics silver medal winning effort in the men’s 25-m rapid fire pistol.
A perennial shoulder injury played a role in Vijay’s slump in form. The 30-year-old armyman will look to make a comeback following months of training and rehabilitation. He will compete in his pet event here.
