When it comes to shooting, Abhishek Verma doesn't have to look beyond his room for advice. Blossoming at 29, Verma often exchanges ideas with his roommate Saurabh Chaudhary, a force to reckon with at 16.
Verma secured India's fifth Olympic quota place in shooting, winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in Beijing on Saturday.
Two months ago, unfazed by a field comprising seasoned campaigners, teenager Chaudhary smashed the world record to win gold in the season's first World Cup and the country's third quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Verma, too, was least bothered by the big names that lined up at the 10m range. The field included former Olympic champion Pang Wei of China, World Championship silver medallist Artem Chernusov of Russia as well as experienced campaigners and multiple ISSF medallists like Oleh Omelchuk of Ukraine and Yusuf Dikec of Turkey among others.
In the end though, the lawyer-turned-shooter emerged triumphant with a total score of 242.7, joining his supremely gifted partner.
"Saurabh is my room partner from Asian Games and now also. We learn from each other and we both share our shooting experience with each other. We both try to give our best every time," Verma said after his event.
The son of a sitting judge added, "In every competition I try to give my best and I look at every competition as a new one."
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