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PUNE: When Adarsh Singh shot in the men’s 25m rapid fire final at the ISSF World Championship in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, it wasn’t the first time he was shooting in an international final. However, it was a new start of sorts for the shooter, who has represented India even at the senior level, as he became the proud winner of a silver medal.
Adarsh shot 28 and lost the gold to USA’s Henry Leverett, who was fresh from his participation at the Tokyo Games. Leverett shot 32 to top the podium. Laurent Cussigh of France took bronze after shooting 24 targets.
Haryana shooter Adarsh, all of 19, was a regular face in the Indian team for almost two years from 2018. He shot in all four World Cups in 2019, but a sudden dip in form saw his exit from both the junior and senior Indian squads.
“When I look at things in retrospect, I realise that when you are in the team, you sort of lose track of many important things like mental health and realistic targets. The whole of 2019, I tried to chase the Tokyo Olympics quota. I shot in every match, including seven international tournaments, and overtrained. I didn’t realise that while shooting non-stop, I didn’t spare time to check the faults in my technique and also my mental health. The whole thing left me disturbed,” Adarsh told TOI from Lima.
“There is a small fear of losing your place in the squad. I had a bad match at a couple of tournaments and the bad scores threw me out of the team. I then realized that I had a lot of work to do and the break was meant to be,” Adarsh said.
In March 2020, Adarsh decided to shift his base from Faridabad to Pune and started training under Ronak Pandit.
“More than learning new things, he needed to unlearn everything. He had been over-training and he didn’t realise till it took a toll on him. In Pune, for the first three months, he unlearned everything and worked on his basics. He then started shooting practice matches,” Ronak said.
“I felt like a completely new shooter here in Lima,” Adarsh said.
Meanwhile, the men’s trap team comprising Bakhtyaruddin Malek, Shardul Vihan and Vivaan Kapoor settled for silver after losing 4-6 to a strong Italy team.
With nine gold, eight silver and three bronze, India is at the top of the medals tally with a total of 20 medals, followed by USA’s 19 (six gold, eight silver and five bronze).
Earlier on Wednesday, the women’s 25m pistol team comprising Manu Bhaker, Naamya Kapoor and Rhythm Sangwan, toyed with the USA team as they registered a 16-4 win. The USA team included Abbie Leverett, Katelyn Abeln and Ada Korkhin.
This is the fourth gold for Manu in this meet and fifth medal overall, as she had won the yellow metal in 10m air pistol individual, mixed team and women’s team events, and bronze in women’s 25m pistol individual event.
Adarsh shot 28 and lost the gold to USA’s Henry Leverett, who was fresh from his participation at the Tokyo Games. Leverett shot 32 to top the podium. Laurent Cussigh of France took bronze after shooting 24 targets.
Haryana shooter Adarsh, all of 19, was a regular face in the Indian team for almost two years from 2018. He shot in all four World Cups in 2019, but a sudden dip in form saw his exit from both the junior and senior Indian squads.
“When I look at things in retrospect, I realise that when you are in the team, you sort of lose track of many important things like mental health and realistic targets. The whole of 2019, I tried to chase the Tokyo Olympics quota. I shot in every match, including seven international tournaments, and overtrained. I didn’t realise that while shooting non-stop, I didn’t spare time to check the faults in my technique and also my mental health. The whole thing left me disturbed,” Adarsh told TOI from Lima.
“There is a small fear of losing your place in the squad. I had a bad match at a couple of tournaments and the bad scores threw me out of the team. I then realized that I had a lot of work to do and the break was meant to be,” Adarsh said.
In March 2020, Adarsh decided to shift his base from Faridabad to Pune and started training under Ronak Pandit.
“More than learning new things, he needed to unlearn everything. He had been over-training and he didn’t realise till it took a toll on him. In Pune, for the first three months, he unlearned everything and worked on his basics. He then started shooting practice matches,” Ronak said.
“I felt like a completely new shooter here in Lima,” Adarsh said.
Meanwhile, the men’s trap team comprising Bakhtyaruddin Malek, Shardul Vihan and Vivaan Kapoor settled for silver after losing 4-6 to a strong Italy team.
With nine gold, eight silver and three bronze, India is at the top of the medals tally with a total of 20 medals, followed by USA’s 19 (six gold, eight silver and five bronze).
Earlier on Wednesday, the women’s 25m pistol team comprising Manu Bhaker, Naamya Kapoor and Rhythm Sangwan, toyed with the USA team as they registered a 16-4 win. The USA team included Abbie Leverett, Katelyn Abeln and Ada Korkhin.
This is the fourth gold for Manu in this meet and fifth medal overall, as she had won the yellow metal in 10m air pistol individual, mixed team and women’s team events, and bronze in women’s 25m pistol individual event.
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