Indian shooters are poised for a striking performance in Rio! Having won four medals in the last three Olympics, out of the 12 that Indian athletes have accounted for since Leander Paes’s tennis bronze in Atlanta in 1996, Indian shooting has invariably stood at the top of Indian sport in recent times. Anjali Bhagwat making the women’s air rifle final in Sydney in 2000, Abhinav Bindra taking baby steps then and launching himself decisively for the gold in Beijing, the path-breaking silver by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at Athens, the dark-horse performance by Vijay Kumar for the silver in London,...
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