India’s ace marksman and 2012 London Olympics bronze medal-winning shooter, Gagan Narang has summed up the failure of the pistol and air rifle shooters at the Tokyo Olympics: “It is a clear case of the mind and the body not being in sync.” Narang, who is a panelist on the Sony Sports Network, said this in response to a question from mid-day during a virtual interaction on Wednesday.

India’s world leading pistol shooters, Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary and rifle stars, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar drew blanks in both, the individual and mixed team events, at the Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo recently, leaving fans thoroughly disappointed.