October 5, 2016 6:43 PM

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Shooters, coaches, federation; none spared in review

Unsparing on the under-performing shooters but equally scathing on coaches and the national federation, the Abhinav Bindra-led NRAI review committee hardly minced words as it chastised the Rio Olympics flop show while recommending a systematic overhaul.The four-member committee, which had former Asian Games gold-medallist tennis player Manisha Malhotra as convener, has come out with a damning 36-page report reviewing the performance.The committee concluded that the consistent trickle of shooting medals since the 2004 Athens Games ended up making everyone involved in the sport complacent.The committee was formed after none of the 12 Olympic-qualified Indian shooters managed to get a medal in Rio with Bindra's fourth-place finish in 10m Air Rifle event being the best show. The review report went on to dwell on individual performances, pointing out the laxities that ended up derailing a campaign that was built as India's best medal hope in Rio.

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