Former World No 1 and Commonwealth Games Gold medallist Heena Sidhu is geared up for the ISSF World Cup in Munich that starts on Wednesday.
Pistol shooter Heena, who is hoping to test her skills and score consistent high scores in the build up to world championships, will be competing in three events — the 10 metre air pistol, 25 metre sport pistol and mixed team event (10 metre).
"The World Cup in Munich is extremely important to figure where I stand before going into the first Olympic qualifiers that will start from the World Championship in September," Heena said on tournament eve.
"We have experience of two Olympic cycles and we are using it to improve our preparations. The CWG, these World Cups are very important check points on our way to the Olympics. These competitions will show the true effects of our training and based on my results we can amend our preparations."
Heena says she has worked on physical conditioning and body stability in the two week training camp in Germany.
“Technically, we are working more on match readiness and on our refocus strategies because there can always be a silly mistake by you in a match or someone else doing something that disturbs you,” India’s ace shooter said.