Olympics: India’s shooters won’t let the country down, says federation chief

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NEW DELHI – India’s shooters will have to be bang on target if the country is to achieve its goal of a double-digit medal haul at the Tokyo Olympics and the federation chief has no doubt they will be up to the task.

The world’s second-most populous nation has had little success at the Olympics, winning just 13 medals combined at the last five Games. The six medals the team won in London 2012 was their best outing.

Shooting has provided some rare Olympic joy for India, with Abhinav Bindra’s air rifle gold in Beijing the country’s only individual Olympic gold, the rest coming from field hockey.

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) reviewed its Olympic preparations af…

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