jaipur she had earned a quota place for india at the london olympics way back in september 2011 that however did not mean that jaipurbased shagun chowdhary would be on the flight to london for the games the confirmation finally came on sunday when national rifle association of india nrai named her in the team for the games its a huge relief shagun the first indian woman trap shooter to have qualified for olympic games told toi it is very difficult to earn a quota place and despite having done that i was waiting for the official confirmation which came today now that i am in the team i can focus on the games she feels her chances of winning an olympic medal are as bright as anybodys i have been competing in a lot of tournaments and have faced the best shooters in the world the fact that i won a quota place is like an indication that i can match up with the best she said she had shot 72 out of a maximum of 75 at the world championships in belgrade where she earned the quota with the bestever score in her event being 74 shagun can fancy her chances with the shotgun despite the quota there would have been doubts in her mind not quite she said i was pretty confident of making it into the team i kept on training hard and maintained my form now without the tiniest hint of uncertainty behind her shagun is eager to focus on her preparations i have to figure out my training programme she admitted with the trials going on and with some confusion there i could not really think so much about the olympics now all that is behind me and i have to start serious preparations i will be training in italy and will have to pay more attention on the mental aspects the next five months are very crucial incidentally rajyavardhan singh rathore had fetched the athens games silver with a shotgun shagun would want to emulate him i am not looking at comparisons she however said i know that i have to perform well and thats the only thing that will count shagun is the second woman from jaipur after krishna poonia to have qualified for the london olympics that should warm the hearts of the citys sports lovers and give them enough reasons to cheer when the games get going in july