Former men’s air rifle world champion Rudrankksh Patil and Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary returned to the team as NRAI announced the 35-member squad for the 16th Asian Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on Monday. The tournament is scheduled from 16th August to 30th August.
Apart from the squad for Asian Championships, the squad for the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) in Ningbo, China was also announced which is scheduled from 7th September to 15th September.
Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker made it to the Asian c’ships squad in both 10m air pistol and 25m air pistol while she missed out on the World Cup squad.
The likes of Esha Singh (25m pistol), Mehuli Ghosh (air rifle) and Kiran Ankush Jadhav (air rifle) are in both the senior squads.
Olympic bronze-medalist Swapnil Kusale and former Asian Games champion and Olympian Rahi Sarnobat, have made it to the Ningbo-bound squad.
The squad for junior Asian Championships along with junior world cup was also announced with Raiza Dhillon being the only difference. She makes the Delhi World Cup junior women’s skeet team in place of Mansi Raghuvanshi, who is in the junior ASC team as Raiza will compete in the seniors competition.
Indian Squad for Asian Shooting Championship, Kazakhstan
Individual Events
Air Rifle – Men: Rudrankksh B. Patil, Arjun Babuta, Kiran Ankush Jadhav
Air Rifle – Women: Mehuli Ghosh, Elavenil Valarivan, Ananya Naidu
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Men: Chain Singh, Akhil Sheoran, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Women: Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Anjum Moudgil
Air Pistol – Men: Saurabh Chaudhary, Aditya Malra, Anmol Jain
Air Pistol – Women: Suruchi, Palak, Manu Bhaker
25m Rapid Fire Pistol – Men: Anish, Neeraj Kumar, Adarsh Singh
25m Sports Pistol – Women: Manu Bhaker, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Esha Singh
Trap – Men: Lakshay, Kynan Darius Chenai, Bhowneesh Mendiratta
Trap – Women: Neeru, Aashima Ahlawat, Preeti Rajak
Skeet – Men: Abhay Singh Sekhon, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Anantjeet Singh Naruka
Skeet – Women: Ganemat Sekhon, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan
Mixed Team Events Air Rifle Mixed Team: Rudrankksh B. Patil & Mehuli Ghosh, Arjun Babuta & Elavenil Valarivan
Air Pistol Mixed Team: Saurabh Chaudhary & Suruchi, Aditya Malra & Palak
Trap Mixed Team: Lakshay & Neeru, Kynan Darius Chenai & Aashima Ahlawat
Skeet Mixed Team: Abhay Singh Sekhon & Ganemat Sekhon, Bhavtegh Singh Gill & Raiza Dhillon
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Indian Squad for ISSF World Cup, Ningbo, China Individual Events
Air Rifle – Men: Umamahesh Maddenini, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Niraj Kumar
Air Rifle – Women: Ramita, Meghana M. Sajjanar, Kashika Pradhan
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Men: Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Babu Singh Panwar, Kiran Ankush Jadhav
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Women: Mehuli Ghosh, Surabhi Bharadwaj Rapole, Manini Kaushik
Air Pistol – Men: Amit Sharma, Nishant Rawat, Samrat Rana
Air Pistol – Women: Surbhi Rao, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh
25m Rapid Fire Pistol – Men: Bhavesh Shekhawat, Pradeep Singh Shekhawat, Mandeep Singh
25m Sports Pistol – Women: Rahi Sarnobat, Abhidnya Ashok Patil, Divya T.S
Mixed Team Events Air Rifle Mixed Team: Umamahesh Maddenini & Ramita, Divyansh Singh Panwar & Meghana M. Sajjanar Air Pistol Mixed Team: Amit Sharma & Surbhi Rao, Nishant Rawat & Rhythm Sangwan
