A first batch of 60 Indians, including 40 shooters, 14 coaches and five support staff, are all set to depart for the Peruvian capital Lima, to take part in the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun
The team has nine members from the Paris 2024 Olympics team which returned with three bronze medals and a total of 11 Olympians, who will gun for the title of the best shooter of the year along with the world's top sport shooting athletes, in 12 individual Olympic events on the New Delhi ros
Bhavtegh Singh Gill won silver in the men's skeet event to give India their second medal of the competition, as curtains came down on Monday at the International Shooting Sport Federation's Porpetto Junior World Cup.
Bhavtegh Singh Gill had a near-perfect first day of qualification in the men's skeet event at the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy, shooting down 74 of the first 75 targets to end the day in sole third spot in a 68-strong field
Sabeera Haris shot 29 out of her first 40 final targets, to finish behind Sofia Gori of Italy who won silver with 39 hits out of the full quota of 50 targets in the final. Carey Garrison of the United States won gold with 40 hits to her name
NRAI on Friday announced a final 21-member Indian Shooting team for the Paris 2024 Olympics, after the ISSF accepted their request for a quota swap. Shreyasi Singh has now been added to the team as a result and she will be starting in the event alongside Rajeshwari Kumari
Ganemat Sekhon only managed 16 hits out of the first 20 in the 60-shot final, to be the first finalist to be eliminated. Rio Olympic champion Diana Bacosi won gold with 57 hits
Ganemat on Sunday shot rounds of 25 and 23 for a two-day total of 95 (25,22,25,23), which put her in the ninth spot currently. In men's Skeet, both Sheeraz and Anantjeet have also tallied 97 after four rounds and although ranked 19th and 21st heading into the final day, are just two hits off
Sheeraz Sheikh shot two perfect qualification rounds of 25 hits each, to emerge the best Indian on the day, as Skeet competitions at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, Italy, got underway
There are points to be picked up for medals won at this World Cup, which can help shooters confirm their Paris Olympic berths before the Shotgun squad is announced. A 15-member Rifle and Pistol squad has already been announced for the upcoming Paris Games next month
India have earned 21 quotas in Shooting, a record, for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Besides all 16 possible shots at a medal, in eight individual rifle and pistol events, India will also have a record five starts across the four individual shotgun events. In addition, India will al