Olympics-Train to be perfect on an imperfect day, pioneer Bindra tells Indian shooters


FILE PHOTO: India's Abhinav Bindra, winner of the men's 10m air rifle shooting event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 25, 2014. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's former Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra has told the country's Paris-bound shooters to embrace the pressure they will face at the Games, and to train themselves to be perfect on what will most likely be an imperfect day.

India are sending their largest Olympic shooting contingent to the July 26 to Aug. 11 Games having secured 19 quota places across rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines for Paris.

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