Indian shooting squad announced for ISSF World Cup Final

New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced a 23-member Indian Shooting squad (attached), for the upcoming International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, scheduled to be held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range (DKSSR) in New Delhi between October 13 October 18.

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 roster.

“We have a strong squad of proven performers for the ISSF year-ender and look forward to a strong performance. Expectations from the sport have reached sky-high after the Paris performance and I am sure our world-class shooters are confident and excited to perform in front of home fans. A fantastic three days of world-class sport shooting action awaits us as India take on the world’s best in the season-ending showdown between the best in the sport. We wish the team all the very best,” said Kr. Sultan Singh, Secretary General, NRAI.

Four shooters, Divyansh Singh Panwar (men’s 10m air rifle), Sonam Uttam Maskar (women’s 10m air rifle), Rhythm Sangwan (women’s 10m air pistol and 25m pistol) and Ganemat Sekhon (women’s skeet) have been directly selected by the ISSF as per their ISSF rankings while the rest have availed of the host country quota, basis India domestic rankings.

Seasoned shooters and Olympians (men’s skeet) and Chain Singh (men’s 50m rifle 3 positions) will be seen representing India once again. Besides Rhythm, the other Paris Olympians in the squad include the likes of Arjun Babuta (men’s 10m air rifle), Arjun Singh Cheema (men’s 10m air pistol), Anish and Vijayveer Sidhu (men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol), Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari (women’s trap), Maheshwari Chauhan (women’s skeet) and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (men’s skeet). Rhythm Sangwan will be the only shooter to compete in two events.