KOLKATA: With the levels proceeding to burst on the seams with ability, India’s first particular person Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra is hopeful of the rustic’s shooters breaking their medal-less drought on the Games in Paris subsequent yr.
After tasting luck in Athens, Beijing and London, Indian shooters returned empty-handed from the remaining two Olympics in Rio and London respectively.
But Bindra stays hopeful the fashion will trade within the French capital subsequent summer time.
Speaking to PTI right here on Saturday, he stated, “I think we have a lot of talent in India. shooting and the depth of talent is immense, but unfortunately, we haven’t succeeded in the last two Olympics.
“But I’m in point of fact hopeful that the fashion will trade in Paris as a result of as I stated the intensity of ability is immense as such a lot of younger persons are proceeding to come back up at an excessively international elegance stage and top stage.
“So I am very hopeful that the trend will change and that we will come back with some medals.”
He additionally suggested federations internationally to discover tactics to make their respective sports activities extra interesting to the adolescence and care for their relevance.
Bindra, who created historical past by means of profitable India’s first-ever particular person Olympic gold medal together with his very good efficiency within the males’s 10m air rifle capturing tournament on the 2008 Beijing Games, was once within the town as the executive visitor of a golfing tournament arranged by means of Nissan.
Bindra stated, “I think every sport in general is making a lot of effort to actually become spectator friendly.
“To be sure that sports activities proceed to stay related to younger other people I feel that it is the duty of the entire other global sports activities federations to proceed to switch their recreation and alter the codecs, which turn into interesting to other people.
“Without interest of the public the sport cannot grow, and it has to also remain very relevant to the youth.
“So, it additionally has to attraction to the adolescence for that codecs and there all the time must be steady trade. That must occur, in order that’s phase and parcel of the method,” he added.
Bindra, who teed off the one-day ‘Move Beyond Golf Tournament’, also distributed the prizes to the winners.
Speaking about the difficulties about qualifying for the Olympics, he said, “I feel qualifying for the Olympics is all the time a hard activity as a result of it’s the epitome of wearing luck as it’s the best festival in maximum sports activities.
“So it is always a challenge to win a quota and you cannot just go and compete so you’ve to have won a quota in most sports, but I think Indian athletes are well equipped and they’ve been training hard.
“I’m certain that they are going to have an excellent participation in Paris and I hope that we will be able to have the most important contingent ever to qualify and compete on the Paris Games.”
After tasting luck in Athens, Beijing and London, Indian shooters returned empty-handed from the remaining two Olympics in Rio and London respectively.
But Bindra stays hopeful the fashion will trade within the French capital subsequent summer time.
Speaking to PTI right here on Saturday, he stated, “I think we have a lot of talent in India. shooting and the depth of talent is immense, but unfortunately, we haven’t succeeded in the last two Olympics.
“But I’m in point of fact hopeful that the fashion will trade in Paris as a result of as I stated the intensity of ability is immense as such a lot of younger persons are proceeding to come back up at an excessively international elegance stage and top stage.
“So I am very hopeful that the trend will change and that we will come back with some medals.”
He additionally suggested federations internationally to discover tactics to make their respective sports activities extra interesting to the adolescence and care for their relevance.
Bindra, who created historical past by means of profitable India’s first-ever particular person Olympic gold medal together with his very good efficiency within the males’s 10m air rifle capturing tournament on the 2008 Beijing Games, was once within the town as the executive visitor of a golfing tournament arranged by means of Nissan.
Bindra stated, “I think every sport in general is making a lot of effort to actually become spectator friendly.
“To be sure that sports activities proceed to stay related to younger other people I feel that it is the duty of the entire other global sports activities federations to proceed to switch their recreation and alter the codecs, which turn into interesting to other people.
“Without interest of the public the sport cannot grow, and it has to also remain very relevant to the youth.
“So, it additionally has to attraction to the adolescence for that codecs and there all the time must be steady trade. That must occur, in order that’s phase and parcel of the method,” he added.
Bindra, who teed off the one-day ‘Move Beyond Golf Tournament’, also distributed the prizes to the winners.
Speaking about the difficulties about qualifying for the Olympics, he said, “I feel qualifying for the Olympics is all the time a hard activity as a result of it’s the epitome of wearing luck as it’s the best festival in maximum sports activities.
“So it is always a challenge to win a quota and you cannot just go and compete so you’ve to have won a quota in most sports, but I think Indian athletes are well equipped and they’ve been training hard.
“I’m certain that they are going to have an excellent participation in Paris and I hope that we will be able to have the most important contingent ever to qualify and compete on the Paris Games.”