Neck pillows, no phones: How India's shooters tackled 2-hour bus ride to silver

Neck pillows, no phones: How India's shooters tackled 2-hour bus ride to win silver medals Shooters were wary of neck stiffness, motion sickness when on winding roads to the hills where the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota City is located.

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• 5 min read Tokyo Updated: Sep 21, 2026 02: 42 AM IST.
• Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod with silver medal.
• What Indian shooters hadn't anticipated, though, was a bus journey from Nagoya that could stretch to two hours on winding roads, with its own set of challenges.
• Phone screens were kept off to avoid motion sickness, and some opted to sleep before reaching the competition venue.

Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod with silver medal. (PTI photo).

For context, the road to the shooting range, located at an elevation of 670 metres in Toyota City, runs through the pretty Aichi countryside, with tall trees stretching up to the hills and scenic waterfalls. What Indian shooters hadn't anticipated, though, was a bus journey from Nagoya that could stretch to two hours on winding roads, with its own set of challenges.

To stay mentally and physically fresh at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery, the Indian shooters applied neck pillows to prevent stiffness caused by the tossing as the bus changed direction. Phone screens were kept off to avoid motion sickness, and some opted to sleep before reaching the competition venue.

For now, neck pillows, no phones: How India' s shooters tackled 2 remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.