Shooting News : SAI opens Karni Singh Shooting Range for Olympic-bound shooters

Consequent to Unlock 2.0, with an eye on Tokyo Olympics, SAI in its endeavour to support Indian athletes for their Olympic preparation is opening Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range for Olympic-bound shooters. In the first phase, the facility would be opened only for athletes who have a probability of making it to the Olympics and form part of the core team of Indian Shooting. All precautions as per the guidelines issued by the Government and the SAI SOP would be strictly adhered to at the ranges to provide a safe training environment to the shooters and maintain social-distancing norms to prevent any transmission of the virus. The shooters would have to book online training slots to avoid crowding at the range, with only single point entry to the range with adherence to thermal screening, as per the laid down procedure. The shooters would also need to download Aarogya Setu on their phone, the status of which would be checked at the entry gate. The Range has also incorporated DOs and DONTs for shooters to prevent any contact between them and advice the shooters not to share their personal equipment such as gun, ammunitions, sports jackets, sports shoes, sports glasses etc. and also hand sanitizer, Water Bottles, Towels, Gloves etc.