Indian shooters’ practice delayed

NEW DELHI - Indian shooters had to delay their practice Sunday as their guns and ammunition could not reach the Karni Singh Shooting Range due to lack of co-ordination among the Organising Committee officials.

There was utter chaos at the airport Saturday night when 18 Indian shooters, comprising the rifle and pistol shooters, arrived and officials from the Organising Committee were in fix on how to transport the guns and the ammunition.

National coach Sunny Thomas told IANS that the team was made to wait at the airport for nearly two hours and there was lack of co-ordination among the officials.

“The rule is that the guns and the ammunition would be escorted directly to the range. But due to lack of co-ordination the shooters themselves wanted to take their guns and ammunition to the range and by the time they came to the Games Village, it was 3 a.m. in the morning. So we had to postpone our practice that was scheduled for Sunday morning to the afternoon,” said Thomas.