ISSF World Cup Final 2024: Indian Shooting Team Of 23 Members Announced; Paris Olympic Medallists Manu Bhaker, Swapnil Kusale, Sarabjot Singh Missing

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The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced a 23-member Indian shooting squad for the upcoming ISSF World Cup Final in Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun events. The competition will take place at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi from October 13-18, 2024.

The team includes nine members from the Paris 2024 Olympics squad, which brought home three bronze medals. In total, 11 Olympians will compete for the title of the best shooter of the year, alongside the world’s top sport shooting athletes, in 12 individual Olympic events scheduled in New Delhi.

Four shooters, Divyansh Singh Panwar (men’s 10m air rifle), Sonam Uttam Maskar (women’s 10m air rifle), Rhythm Sangwan (women’s 10m air pistol & 25m pistol) and Ganemat Sekhon (women’s skeet) have been directly selected by the ISSF as per their ISSF rankings while the rest of the Indian shooters have been selected based on the Olympic trials ranking.

Paris Olympic-Medallist Shooters Missing

Experienced shooters and Olympians Mairaj Ahmed Khan (men's skeet) and Chain Singh (men's 50m rifle 3 positions) will once again represent India. However, Paris Olympic medallist shooters Manu Bhaker, Swapnil Kusale and Sarabjot Singh are not part of the Indian squad.

Besides Rhythm, the other Paris Olympians in the squad include the likes of Arjun Babuta (men’s 10m air rifle), Arjun Singh Cheema (men’s 10m air pistol), Anish and Vijayveer Sidhu (men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol), Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari (women’s trap), Maheshwari Chauhan (women’s skeet) and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (men’s skeet). Rhythm Sangwan will be the only shooter to compete in two events.

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Air Rifle Men: Divyansh Singh Panwar, Arjun Babuta

Air Rifle Women: Sonam Uttam Maskar, Tilottama Sen

50m Rifle 3P men: Chain Singh, Akhil Sheron

50m Rifle 3P women: Ashi Chouksey, Nischal

Air Pistol Men: Arjun Singh Cheema, Varun Tomar

Air Pistol Women: Rhythm Sangwan, Surbhi Rao

25m Rapid fire pistol men: Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu

25m Rapid fire pistol women: Rhythm Sangwan, Simranpreet Kaur Brar

Trap Men: Vivaan Kapoor, Bhowneesh Mendiratta

Trap Women: Rajeshwari Kumari, Shreyasi Singh

Skeet Men: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmed Khan

Skeet Women: Ganemat Sekhon, Maheswari Chauha