NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker, the ace pistol shooter and Khel Ratna awardee, will spearhead a formidable 35-member Indian contingent on the upcoming ISSF World Cups in South America, marking the graduation of the worldwide capturing season. The staff contains a stellar lineup of shooters, together with a number of Olympians from the Paris Video games.
The primary leg of the season will unfold in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from April 1-11, with a mixed Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun World Cup. This can be adopted by a second mixed World Cup in Lima, Peru, from April 13-22, offering a difficult double-header for the Indian shooters.
Manu Bhaker, recent from her success on the Paris Olympics the place she clinched two bronze medals within the 10m girls’s air pistol and 10m air pistol blended staff occasion with Sarabjot Singh, will compete in two particular person occasions – girls’s air pistol and 25m pistol. Her participation will undoubtedly be a spotlight, as she goals to construct upon her Olympic achievements.
Becoming a member of Manu can be a number of different Paris Olympians, together with Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu (males’s 25m rapid-fire pistol), Esha Singh (girls’s 25m pistol), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (males’s 50m rifle Three positions), Sift Kaur Samra and Shriyanka Sadangi (girls’s 50m rifle Three positions), Arjun Babuta (males’s 10m air rifle), Prithviraj Tondaiman (males’s entice), Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (males’s skeet), and Raiza Dhillon (girls’s skeet).
In preparation for the South American sojourn, the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation of India (NRAI) will organise a coaching camp on the Karni Singh Vary in New Delhi, commencing on March 14.
This camp will present the shooters with a chance to fine-tune their expertise and techniques earlier than embarking on the worldwide circuit.
The ISSF calendar for the yr holds vital significance, with the World Championships scheduled for October (shotgun) and November (rifle/pistol) being the marquee occasions. Moreover, two junior World Cups, together with one in New Delhi in September, and the 16th Asian Championships in Kazakhstan in August, will present invaluable aggressive publicity for the Indian shooters.
The staff: (Particular person occasions)
Air rifle:
- Males: Rudrankksh Patil, Arjun Babuta, Hriday Hazarika.
- Ladies: Arya Rajesh Borse, R Narmada Nithin, Sonam Uttam Maskar.
50m rifle 3-positions:
- Males: Aishwary Pratap SIngh Tomar, Chain Singh, Niraj Kumar.
- Ladies: Ashi Chouksey, Shriyanka Sadangi, Sift Kaur Samra.
Air pistol:
- Males: Saurabh Chaudhary, Ravinder Singh, Varun Tomar.
- Ladies: Suruchi, Manu Bhaker, Sainyam.
25m rapid-fire pistol:
- Males: Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh.
25m sports activities pistol:
- Ladies: Manu Bhaker, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Esha Singh.
Entice:
- Males: Lakshay, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu.
- Ladies: Neeru, Pragati Dubey, Bhavya Tripathi.
Skeet:
- Males: Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Anantjeet Naruka, Gurjoat Singh.
- Ladies: Raiza Dhillon, Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore.
Combined staff occasions:
- Air rifle blended staff: Rudrankksh Patil, Arya Rajesh Borse; Arjun Babuta, R Narmada Nithin.
- Air pistol blended staff: Saurabh Chaudhary, Suruchi; Ravinder Singh, Manu Bhaker.
- Entice blended staff: Lakshay, Neeru; Prithviraj Tondaiman, Pragati Dubey.
