28 January,2016 11:43 AM IST | | PTI
India's top pistol shooter secured an Olympic quota for the country after she led from start to finish and claimed the gold medal in women's 10-m air pistol on day one of competition at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers
Heena Sidhu
New Delhi: India's top pistol shooter Heena Sidhu yesterday secured an Olympic quota for the country after she led from start to finish and claimed the gold medal in women's 10-m air pistol on day one of competition at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers for Shooting here.
Heena Sidhu
The current world record holder and former world number one, Heena shot 199.4 in the eight-women finals to finish ahead of Chinese Taipei's Tien Chia Chen (198.1) and Gim Yun Mi (177.9) of Korea at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Heena shot an impressive 10.3 in the second last shot of the finals to extend her lead to 1.5 points over her rival from Chinese Taipei. The Indian shot exactly 10 in her final attempt and it was enough to get her the top prize, despite a 10.2 from Tien Chia Chen.
This was India's ninth quota from shooting for the upcoming Olympic Games.
Unhappy with TOP
Meanwhile, Heena Sidhu, yesterday said that the government's much talked-about Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme could have been implemented better, though they called it a 'well-meaning' programme.
Heena, seemed a bit frustrated when asked about the government's initiative. "Nothing will happen. You just have to fight against everybody. A lot of people think that Olympic quota and medal comes just like that very easily, that one does not have to work to win it. They don't understand that going to Olympics is so difficult," said Heena.
