The International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF and its athletes committee, headed by Abhinav Bindra, today received brickbats from three-time Olympic medallist Rajmond Debevec. He said, gender equality in 2020 Olympics could have been achieved without scrapping the existing three events. According to the International Olympic Association's Agenda 2020, all international sports federations are to make changes to their sport to promote gender equality by the Tokyo Games. In line with the International Olympic Committee, IOC directive, the ISSF has proposed some changes, where double trap along with men's rifle prone and 50 metre pistol are likely to be dropped from the Olympics to allow new events that will see more women participation at the Olympic Games. The recommendations came from the athletes committee, led by the Indian Olympian champion. Debevec is a gold medal winner at the Sydney Olympics. He is also a five-time World Championship medalist.
News On AIR | February 28, 2017 9:09 PM
Shooting legend Rajmond Debevec hits out at ISSF, Abhinav Bindra