new delhi he might have clinched his second world cup gold last week but indian shooter abhishek verma says he will have to achieve a mental stability of a different level to claim an olympic medalthe 30yearold from haryana who had secured an olympic quota place by winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the beijing world cup in april this year won his second yellow metal in the same event at the rio world cup last weekthe indian also bagged a silver with yashaswini singh deswal in mixed 10m air pistol and his performance has fuelled hopes of a medal at the 2020 tokyo gamesshooting is more mental than physical so for the olympics we will need mental confidence and stability of a different level so i plan to do mental exercises yoga and meditation as preparation for the games abhishek told ptii need to work on my overall training technique but the main focus will be on mental calmness when you are in the final and all are shouting from the back at that time you can lose focus and that is when you get a 9 or 8 so i need to focus on thatin rio abhishek had shot 2442 in the 10m air pistol final to win gold beating turkeys ismail keles 2431 and teammate saurabh chaudhary 2219the feeling has sunk in now i was well prepared for everything i have been practicing with my coaches according to my schedule we had a coaching camp at rio 15 days ahead of the world cup so all these adds to the confidence and we all have performed well he saidindia currently boasts one of the youngest shooting teams in the world and abhishek said the healthy rivalry at home is helping the indian shootersit is a good opportunity because there is such tough competition at home only it gives us confidence and exposure he saidfrom asian games me and sourabh are roommate in every training camp every competitions so we discuss our experiences all the time and it helps improve each others performancea record 14 indian rifle and pistol shooters have earned the right to compete in the yearend world cup finals scheduled to be held in putian china between november 17 and 23world cup finals happens once in two years this time we have a big team qualifying so we will look to produce a better performance than rio he saidtill a few years ago abhishek was happy pursuing law while spending his time as a hobby shooter in one of the shooting ranges at hisari had done computer engineering first and then did a course in law i always had interest in shooting but didnt get the platform when a shooting range had opened in hisar haryana i joined it as a hobby i used to go for 3040 minutes but focus was on law only he saidbut as i was about to complete law my scores in shooting had improved a lot i