Please dont find fault with Usha for supporting the sports persons suggested one of the pistol shooting coaches who has won two medals.
This is a record of sorts by itself.
PT Ushas encouragement made all the difference to the sport.
PT Usha the IOA Chief is trying to do something, and everybody is after her. Why? Why do people get stuck in a position and not want to come out? Let her do whatever she’s doing,” the 51-year-old Pistol coach Chief said.
“She was not there in the last 20 years? Put out in public what she has done wrong. You just want to target her for just one and a half years. Give her a chance; be a support to her rather than pulling her down.”
Rana, who had a fallout with the national shooting federation and criticised their selection policies, emphasised the importance of establishing a systematic approach to developing athletes,particularly in shooting, to ensure consistent performance.
“It’s really painful when you go to the Olympics and come back with 6-7 medals, and then we talk for two or three months, and after that,for two years nobody…” “Everyone knows what Manu and I have gone through before the Olympics and even during them.
By God’s grace, we got two medals in pistol shooting and another in rifle,” said the four-time Asian Games gold medallist and former world champion shooter.
