New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) had overlooked a key selection clause for the Olympic trials and went into damage-control mode after the anomaly was detected.

The first two trials to select the Indian team for the Paris Olympics were held in Delhi from April 18-27 and the remaining two are under way in Bhopal.

As per NRAI’s selection policy (pistol & rifle) for the Paris Games, two bonus points are to be awarded to the Olympic quota winners in the firearms category and one bonus point in air gun events, such as air pistol and air rifle.

The policy states that the same number of bonus points will also be credited to the accounts of “deemed quota” winners.

Deemed quota winners are those who were eligible to win Olympic quota places but were not awarded the same because India had already earned the maximum of two quota places in that category.

The NRAI had overlooked this “deemed quota” clause during the trials, leading to a situation where the shooters who were deemed to have won Olympic quota places were not awarded the bonus points.

The NRAI then had to hurriedly call a selection committee meeting, where High Performance Director Pierre Beauchamp was also present among others, a source told

Source: PTI News