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IOA CEO Appointment: 12 EC Members Allege President PT Usha 'Exerted Pressure', Legend Denies
Around a dozen of Executive Council (EC) members of Indian Olympic Association alleged that president P.T.Usha "exerted pressure" on them to pave the way for Raghu Iyer's appointment as CEO, a charge that the legendary athlete termed "shameful". Usha had issued an official statement on January 6 about the appointment of Iyer as CEO but 12 out of 15 EC members said that former Rajasthan Royals' chief executive's recruitment "hasn't been ratified" by the apex body.
Don't Make Olympic Qualification Primary Goal, Focus On Process: Pullela Gopichand
Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Tuesday advised Indian players to not to obsess over Paris Olympic qualification, urging them to focus on the process without taking "unnecessary pressure". Paris berths will be sealed on April 28 when the Olympic qualification rankings are out with singles players inside the top 16 making the cut. "I think Olympics is still a long way. There are still about eight tournaments to play. I don't think it's right to go after that as a player," Gopichand told reporters. "I think it's too much pressure unnecessarily to start thinking about the race to Paris as a primary role.
USA Maintain All-Win Record, Beat New Zealand 1-0 To Enter FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier Semis
Elizabeth Yeager converted a penalty corner in the second half as United States eked out a fighting solitary goal victory over New Zealand to storm into the semi-finals of the FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier with an all-win record on Tuesday. Yeager found the back of net in the 17th minute from USA's third penalty corner in their final Pool B match. New Zealand started on a positive note and made some good moves to enter the American circle initially but lost the momentum as the match progressed. After having weathered the early pressure from the Black Sticks, the American got their footing into the match and secured their first penalty corner in the eighth minute, only to be denied by the side bar.
Japan Beat Chile 2-0 To Enter FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier Semifinals
Japan scored a goal each in the first two quarters to beat Chile 2-0 and enter the semifinals of the FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier in Ranchi on Tuesday. Kana Urata (1st minute) handed Japan the lead within the first 23 seconds of the game via a field effort before Miyu Hasegawa (23rd) doubled the scoreline by converting a penalty corner. Japan, thus, finished second in Pool A with seven points from three games. World no.5 Germany too have seven points but ended on top of the pool by virtue of better goal difference.
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Lakshay Sheoran Wins Bronze, Misses Men's Trap Quota By Whisker
Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran won bronze in men's trap but missed one of the two available Paris 2024 Olympics quota places by a whisker in the Asia Olympic Qualifiers for shotgun on Monday. Sheoran finished third despite leading the 50-shot final for most of it. 15-year-old Iranian Mohammad Beyranvand struck gold and the first quota place, getting the better of silver winning Chinese Guo Yuhaoa, the latter missing his second shoot-off shot after both had tied at 40 hits. Guo also collected the second quota place.
India's Gold Rush Continues In Shooting As Yogesh Singh Wins Double
Indian shooters' gold rush continued in the Asia Olympic Qualifiers with Yogesh Singh winning the top prize in individual as well as team event of the men's 25m centre fire pistol competition in Jakarta on Monday. Yogesh claimed the individual gold medal after shooting 573, finishing ahead of silver winner Muad Al Balushi of Oman (570) and Indonesia's Anang Yulianto (567). The other two Indian participants in the event, Pankaj Yadav (567) and Akshay Jain (564), ended fourth and sixth respectively.