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Heena takes aim at inept coach
Ace shooter Heena Sidhu has hit out at India\'s chief pistol coach Pavel Smirnov, saying he is not competent. \"I know that the coach (Smirnov) has never been able to answer my questions. He doesn\'t have the technical know-how. It\'s not just me, even Jitu (Rai) said that to me,\" Heena told PTI here on Thursday.
Mumbai: Ace shooter Heena Sidhu has hit out at India's chief pistol coach Pavel Smirnov, saying he is not competent.
"I know that the coach (Smirnov) has never been able to answer my questions. He doesn't have the technical know-how. It's not just me, even Jitu (Rai) said that to me," Heena told PTI here on Thursday.
"It was not just me and Jitu, most of the shooters find him technically weak. I don't want to train under somebody like him. I did work with him for few a days because my Federation asked me, saying 'just give him a chance and see if it works for you'. But it was sort of miserable. I don't want to work with him. I don't find him competent enough," the 27- year-old shooter added.
Heena works with her coach and husband Raunak Pandit.Heena and Jitu had clinched the gold medal for India in the mixed team 10m Air Pistol (demo) event at the Shooting World Cup in Gabala.The mixed team air pistol event is one of the new events added for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The win augured well for Heena and Jitu as this was their second World Cup gold together, having won the event in the New Delhi earlier this year.Heena said the gold, which she bagged in Gabala, was more "special" than the one the duo had bagged in Delhi.
"This is sort of like we were defending that first gold (bagged in New Delhi). In Delhi, we had a good start from beginning, but over here (in Gabala), we had to fight for the gold. This was a much better performance than the one in Delhi," she said.
Heena said she would focus more on the Asian Air Gun competition this year as it will be held near Tokyo, Japan, the venue of the 2020 Olympics.
