Selection trials for Asian Shooting Ch'ships, ISSF World Cup to take place in Dehradun

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Published at :June 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM

Modified at :June 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM

Selection trials for Asian Shooting Ch'ships, ISSF World Cup to take place in Dehradun

(Courtesy : NRAI)

Olympic medallists Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh Swapnil Kusale are among participants.

India’s top shooters will be seen in action as the National Selection Trials 3 & 4 for Group ‘A’ athletes commences tomorrow at the Trishul Shooting Range, Maharana Pratap Sports College, Raipur, Dehradun. These trials will help in shaping the Indian shooting team for the 16th Asian Shooting Championships 2025 in Kazakhstan in August and ISSF World Cup in Ningbo, China in September.

The first day of the trials will see the Stage 1 qualifying round of Rapid Fire Pistol Men, which has been divided into three relays. Three finals of T3, 10m Air Rifle Men, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men and 50m 3 Positions Women are scheduled on the second day of competitions.

The shooters come into this selection phase following an encouraging run in the double-legged South American ISSF World Cup tour, which marked the beginning of the new international calendar and also the recently concluded Munich leg of the World Cup.

Across all three legs in Argentina, Peru and Munich Indian shooters reached 39 finals, including mixed-team medal rounds, and brought home a total of 19 medals, eight of them gold.

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Suruchi Inder Singh, who created history by becoming the first Indian to win gold in three consecutive world cups, Munich gold medalists Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta, Olympic medalists Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Swapnil Kusale, current World Cup medalists Saurabh Chaudhary, Rudrankksh Patil, Elavenil Valarivan, Sift Kaur Samra, Vijayveer Sidhu and Chain Singh along with prominent names like Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Sandeep Singh, Varun Tomar and Kiran Ankush Yadav will be present for the trials.

As per the selection Criteria, only eligible shooters in Group “A” will be allowed to participate. The Selection Trial 3 & 4 will cover all Olympic Rifle and Pistol events and will be limited to a select group of top-ranked shooters.

This includes 50 slots each for 10m Air Rifle (Men & Women) and 10m Air Pistol (Men & Women), 30 slots each for 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Men & Women), 20 slots for 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Men), and 30 slots for 25m Sport Pistol (Women).

Shooting selection trials schedule

DATES	10M EVENTS	25M EVENTS	50M EVENTS
24 June		T3 RFP Men
25 June	T3 – 10m Air Rifle Men & Final	T3 25M RFP & FinalT3 25m Pistol Women	T3 – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women & Final
26 June	T4 – 10m Air Rifle Men & Final	T4 25m RFPT3 25m Pistol Women & Final	T4 – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women & Final
27 June	T3 – 10m Air Rifle Women & Final	T4 25m RFP & FinalT4 25m Pistol Women
28 June	T4 – 10m AR Women & Final	T4 25m Pistol Women & Final	T3 – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men & Final
29 June	T3 – 10m AP Men & FinalT3 – 10m AP Women & Final		T4 – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men & Final
30 June	T4 – 10m AP Men & FinalT4 – 10m AP Women & Final

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Alex graduated in mass communication in 2016 and has been covering global sports for Khel Now since then. He is covering sports tech, igaming, sports betting and casino domain from 2017.