ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol Rio De Janeiro 2023: Schedule, fixtures, results, live streaming

Tokyo Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary is back in the squad.

The ISSF World Cup 2023 Rio De Janeiro is scheduled to be held from 12 September to 19 September 2023 at the Centro Militar de Tiro Esportivo (CMTE) - Rio 2016 Olympic Shooting Centre - in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This will be the last World Cup of the year which will be followed by the World Cup Final in Doha, Qatar on 18 November. India has won a total of 23 medals (sevem Gold, four Silver and 12 Bronze) and is currently 4th in the medals table behind China (17 Gold), USA (10 Gold) and Hungary (8 Gold). In the last Pistol and Rifle world cup, India finished 2nd winning four medals (one Gold, two Silver and one Bronze).

Sarabjot Singh and Divya won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol mixed team, Hriday Hazarika and Nancy Malhotra won the silver medal in 10m Men's and Women's Rifles. On the other hand, Rhythm Sangwan won bronze in women's 10m Air Pistol.

India at ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup Rio De Janeiro 2023

India will be sending a 16-member shooting squad to the Rio De Janeiro World Cup 2023. Tokyo Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary is back in the squad and will look to make a strong comeback in his first event of 2023. Alongside the youngster veteran Anjum Moudgil and Rahi Sarnobat will also be making an entry into the Indian contingent.

Apart from them, some notable names including Elavenil Valarivan, Chinki Yadav and Balakrishna Kedarling have also made it to the squad.

India’s squad for the ISSF World Cup Rio De Janeiro 2023

Men’s 10m Air Rifle: Sandeep Singh

Women’s 10m Air Rifle: Raju Narmada Nithin, Elavenil Valarivan

Men’s 50m Rifle 3-Position: Goldi Gurjar, Chain Singh

Women’s 50m Rifle 3-Position: Anjum Moudgil, Nischal, Ayushi Podder

Men’s 10m Air Pistol: Sagar Dangi, Shravan Kumar, Saurabh Chaudhary, Balakrishna Kedarling Uchaganve

Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Neeraj Kumar, Gurpreet Singh

Women’s 25m Sports Pistol: Rahi Sarnobat, Chinki Yadav

Where and how to watch live telecast and live streaming of ISSF World Cup Rio De Jenario 2023 live in India?

The ISSF World Cup Rio De Jenario, Brazil 2023 live streaming for all events can be found on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com. To access the live streaming, one must sign up (sign-in) to their account using their email or social media accounts. The ISSF YouTube channel will also provide streaming for the competition. Fans can watch the qualification score live on the ISSF website.

ISSF World Cup Rio De Janeiro 2023 full schedule and fixtures (All the Timings are in IST and final matches only)

September 14, Thursday

9.00 PM – 10m Air Pistol Women

12.45 AM – 10m Air Pistol Men

September 15, Friday

7.00 PM – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team

9.30 PM – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team

September 16, Saturday

9.00 PM – 10m Air Rifle Men

12.45 AM – 10m Air Rifle Women

September 17, Sunday

7.30 PM – 25m Pistol Women

11.30 PM – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men

September 18, Monday

11.15 PM – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women

1.00 AM – 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men