Shooters left in the dark
DNMUM246643 | 6/8/2012 | Author : Tushar Dutt | WC :347
Power failure in Balewadi forces Olympics-bound team to opt for 'dry' practice; top official claims no camp is going on
Picture this: London-bound shooters sitting at the 10m range, waiting for the electricity to come back, so that they can resume their practice at the national camp. After waiting for 30 minutes, they opt for dry practice (practicing without firing bullets) at the 50m range.
The shooting ranges at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex are fortunate enough to host the Indian shooting camp ahead of the London Games, but not well equipped to run it smoothly.
But if you thought this was shocking news, read this: When DNA enquired about the power back-up facility for national shooters, Janak Tekale, the state's deputy director of sports, told this paper that there was no such camp going on in the complex. "There is no camp going on in
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the complex. There is the national hockey team attending a camp here, but apart from that, there is no other camp going on," he told DNA. When informed that the shooting camp started on June 5 and the shooters, who are selected for the Olympics, are attending a camp there, he said, "Had there been any power-related problem, we would have solved it immediately. But there is no such camp going on. I haven't got any information about the camp. In fact, I just had a meeting with Sports Authority of India (SAI) officials and even they didn't talk about it."
Interestingly, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) had got the camp sanctioned by SAI as well as Tekale's office. In the sanction letter, the NRAI had specifically asked for power back-up, taking the load-shedding in consideration.
Meanwhile, India's rifle coach Stanislav Lapidus said, "It is in front of you people." He went on to add, "I am a very positive person. If there is no power, there is no use to sit and cry. I instead take the shooters to the 50m range and ask them to do some dry practice till power is restored."
The camp will be held till June 25 and six shooters — Gagan Narang, Annu Raj Singh, Vijay Kumar, Rahi Sarnobat, Sanjeev Rajput and Joydeep Karmakar — will participate.
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