Rudrankksh Patil, Mehuli Ghosh headline India's squad for Shooting Asian Olympic Qualifiers 2024

Published at :December 15, 2023 at 6:35 PM

Modified at :December 27, 2023 at 5:38 PM

(Courtesy : IndianShooting.com)

Rifle/Pistol and Shotgun events scheduled to be held separately.

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced a 34 member rifle, pistol and shotgun squad for the upcoming Shooting Asian Olympic qualifiers 2024 scheduled to take place in January. A total of 16 Paris Olympic Games quotas will be available in Jakarta, Indonesia for rifle and pistol category. Meanwhile, shotgun event is set to be held from 12-22 January in Kuwait which is offering eight Paris quotas.

Till date, 13 Olympics quota have been secured by the Indian shooting contingent. Rudrankksh Patil will headline the Indian squad for the upcoming tournament. The youngster was the first Indian to secure a quota after winning gold at ISSF World Championships 2022.

A few youngsters have been roped in for the first time – Sri Karthik Sabari Raj (Men’s 10m Air rifle), Ujjawal Malik (Men’s 10m Air Pistol) and Bhavya Tripathi (Women’s Trap). Meanwhile, Tilottama Sen and Shriyanka Sadangi will be heading in as RPO and they will not compete for medal albiet take part in the qualification rounds.

India squad for Asian Olympics Qualifiers

Air Rifle

10m men: Rudrankksh Patil, Arjun Babuta, Srikarthik Sabari Raj
10m women: Mehuli Ghosh, Elavenil Valarivan, Nancy, Tilottama Sen (RPO)
50m 3P men: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran
50m 3P women: Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil, Ashi Chouksey, Shriyanka Sadangi (RPO)

Air Pistol

10m men: Arjun Singh Cheema, Varun Tomar, Ujjawal Malik
10m women: Rhythm Sangwan, Surbhi Rao, Esha Singh
25m rapid fire men: Vijayveer Sidhu, Bhavesh Shekhawat, Gurpreet Singh
25m pistol women: Esha Singh, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Rhythm Sangwan

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Shot Gun

Trap

Men: Lakshay, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Women: Manisha Keer, Bhavya Tripathi, Shreyasi Singh

Skeet

Men: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Khangura, Munek Battula
Women: Ganemat Sekhon, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan

Mixed teams

Rifle: Rudrankksh Patil and Mehuli Ghosh; Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan
Pistol: Arjun Singh Cheema and Rhythm Sangwan; Varun Tomar and Surbhi Rao
Trap: Lakshay and Manisha Keer; Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Bhavya Tripathi
Skeet: Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Ganemat Sekhon; Gurjoat Khangura and Raiza Dhillon

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