India Pins Olympic Medal Hopes On Young Shooting Contingent; Sindhu Looks To Mend Rio Heartbreak

Elavenil Valarivan
Elavenil Valarivan is the only shooter in the Indian contingent to have not won an Olympic quota herself. However, her stunning performances and her World No 1 ranking means she has merited the spot and is one of India's best hopes for a gold in the 10m air rifle event.
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Saurabh Chaudhary
19-year-old Chaudhary is one of India's in-form shooters having won two gold medals in the 10m air pistol event at the New Delhi and Croatis World Cup events. He is a favourite for a medal in the individual as well as the mixed team event with Manu Bhaker.
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Manu Bhaker
Like Chaudhary, the prodigious 19-year-old Bhaker is a favourite to win medals in the 10m air pistol individual and mixed team events as well as the 25m pistol event.
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Divyansh Singh Panwar
18-year-old Panwar is another dual medal hope in the 10m air rifle event. Even though the World No 2 hasn't had a lot of experience in major tournaments, his raw talent makes him a threat in the individual and mixed team events.
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Yashaswini Singh Deswal
24-year-old Deswal goes into the Olympics having won two gold medals and a bronze in the 10m air pistol events at the 2021 New Delhi World Cup event. Deswal is a medal favourite in the individual and mixed team events.
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Abhishek Verma
A dependable shooter, 31-year-old Verma is a medal contender in the individual and mixed team 10m air pistol shooting events.
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PV Sindhu
Sindhu lost in heartbreaking fashion in the final at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She won the 2019 World Championships but has since been in indifferent form. The Olympics might be just the time for Sindhu to regain form.
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Deepika Kumari
The only Indian female archer to qualify for the Olympics, Deepika Kumari is in rich vein of form having won a hattrick of gold medals at the 2021 World Cup event. She is a strong contender for a medal in the individual and the mixed team event with husband Atanu Das.
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Men's archery recurve team
The men's archery recurve team of Pravin Jadhav (L), Atanu Das (C) and Tarundeep Rai (R) are in good form and are one of the favourites in the team event and are strong contenders in the inidividual event.
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