Ramita in love with shooting again

Ramita Jindal, a Haryana girl, found her passion for shooting after trying various sports and aims for gold in 2028 Olympics.

She does not like sweating out in the sun and running does not make her day. And though Ramita Jindal had tried swimming and badminton as a teen, she prefers a quiet, lazy life indoors.

That’s how the Haryana girl came to shooting.

“I’m not very much into physical sport and in shooting, we don’t have much of physical stuff. We need some long hours of standing and this was quite a comfortable place, being in the AC,” said the Olympian in a chat with The Hindu after topping the National Games women’s 10m air rifle qualification with an impressive 634.9 points at the Trishul Range here on Wednesday.

Six months ago, Ramita hit a high, finishing seventh in the Paris Olympics but the effort and the hard work behind it drained her completely.

“After shooting a lot, I was kind of getting bored with the game so I didn’t shoot for some three months and it was fun and very refreshing when I started again. I fell in love with the sport again, I felt alive in the sport, and started from scratch. After the break, it was great coming back to competitions,” said the 21-year-old.

What did she do during the break? “I had a great time with my family because I trained away from them. I also did some other activities, like learning guitar and drawing. I did my exams also, I cleared off my education, B. Com (Hons) from Delhi University’s Hansraj College.”

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