Tokyo Olympics Countdown: Know your athlete - Abhishek Verma

| Jul 06, 2021, 11:05:57 PM | TIMESOFINDIA.COM
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Abhishek Verma has a law degree and took up shooting as a hobby. The sport fascinated him so much that he turned it into a career. He won his first international medal - a bronze - in the 10m air pistol event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Abhishek then won gold medals in ISSF World Cups in Beijing and Rio in 2019. The gold medal at the 2019 Beijing World Cup helped Abhishek secure a quota place for the country at the Tokyo Olympics. Abhishek also won a bronze in the Delhi World Cup in March.