06 October,2016 07:59 AM IST | | PTI
Unsparing on the under-performing shooters, but equally scathing on coaches and the national federation, the Abhinav Bindra-led NRAI review committee chastised the Rio Olympics flop show while recommending a systematic overhaul
Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Bindra
New Delhi: Unsparing on the under-performing shooters, but equally scathing on coaches and the national federation, the Abhinav Bindra-led NRAI review committee chastised the Rio Olympics flop show while recommending a systematic overhaul.
The four-member committee, which had former Asian Games gold-medallist tennis player Manisha Malhotra as convener, has come out with a damning 36-page report reviewing the performance.
The committee concluded that the consistent trickle of shooting medals since the 2004 Athens Games ended up making everyone involved in the sport complacent.
"Everyone took it for granted that there would be progress automatically, and forgot to ensure a systematic healthy process. To sum up the deliberations, it can be said with no reservations that Indian shooting 'over achieved' at Rio. The formula for success was wrong and Indian shooting had ridden its luck over the last few years, no doubt helped by some extremely talented shooters," the report stated.
