5 sports that can help India win double digit medals in Tokyo 2020

#5 Shooting

Jitu Rai will be burdened with high expectations when he features at Tokyo 2020

India’s shooting contingent at the Rio Olympic Games had a total of 12 shooters – male and female combined. But the medals earned from the sport were zero as compared to the two medals they had won in London in 2012. There were high expectations from experienced shooters Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra whereas younger marksman Jitu Rai was also expected to bring home a medal from Rio.

But as the Games took place, each day brought disappointment to the Indian fans after all the 12 shooters failed to win any medals. However, this might not be the case when India goes to Tokyo in 2020. The country has been producing some great shooters since 2004 and the next Olympics will be another chance for a young shooter to go ahead and achieve a podium finish.

A panel had been made by the National Rifle Association India which was headed by recently retired shooter Abhinav Bindra to look at all the reasons for the failure of India’s shooters at the Games. If Bindra is going to help his fellow shooters for the next Olympics, then we can surely expect multiple medals from this sport in Tokyo.

India will be hoping they can finally come of age at the Olympic Games when they step foot in Tokyo but that would require a tremendous amount of grassroots work by the authorities and the athletes alike.