Image Source : PTI Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anish Bhanwala
Notwithstanding his subdued outing in nationwide choice trials, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anish Bhanwala was on Tuesday picked in Indian males’s 25m rapid-fire staff for the ISSF World Cup in Delhi owing to his higher prospects of securing an Olympic quota.
All the nation’s high shooters, together with the 15 Tokyo Olympics quota holders, are going to take part within the mega occasion, scheduled to be held on the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range from March 18-29.
The 18-year-old Anish is at the moment ranked twelfth on the earth however seventh in India. The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) may allot particular person quota to the athlete who accumulates extra rating factors by May 31.
The deadline for allotting particular person quota is May 31.
Winner of a number of medals within the junior World Cups in 2018 and 2019, Anish hasn’t been in the most effective of kind in current instances, failing to fireplace within the nationwide choice trials for the event in Delhi.
No Indian shooter has to this point secured a Tokyo Games quota in males’s 25m rapid-fire, the occasion by which Vijay Kumar claimed a silver on the 2012 London Olympics.
World primary Elavenil Valarivan figures within the girls’s 10m air rifle staff alongside quota holders Apurvi Chandela and Anjum Moudgil.
The New Delhi World Cup will see as many as 30 finals being held at an ISSF World Cup stage for the primary time with the brand new staff codecs permitted by the worldwide physique final yr.
“All selections were based on latest National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) rankings, save Anish’s selection in men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol squad, given his present high world ranking of 12 gives him a better chance of securing a Tokyo 2020 quota pending a good finish,” the federation mentioned in a launch.
A complete of 42 nations have to this point confirmed their entries. Prominent amongst them are Korea, Singapore, USA, United Kingdom, Iran, Ukraine, France, Hungary, Italy, Thailand and Turkey.
Countries who haven’t despatched of their entries embrace the likes of China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Kuwait and Malaysia.
This is the biggest taking pictures contingent in Indian Olympic historical past.
Teams:
10M AIR RIFLE MEN1. DIVYANSH SINGH PANWAR, 2. ARJUN BABUTA, 3. DEEPAK KUMAR, 4. PANKAJ KUMAR, MQS, 5. AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR, MQS
50M RIFLE 3 POSITION MEN1. SANJEEV RAJPUT, 2. AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR, 3. NIRAJ KUMAR, 4. SWAPNIL KUSALE, MQS, 5. CHAIN SINGH, MQS,
10M AIR PISTOL MEN1. SAURABH CHAUDHARY, 2. ABHISHEK VERMA, 3. SARABJOT SINGH, 4. RAVINDER SINGH, MQS, 5. SHAHZAR RIZVI, MQS
25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MEN1. VIJAYVEER SIDHU, 2. GURPREET SINGH, 3. ANISH, 4. ARPIT GOEL, MQS, 5. ADARSH SINGH, MQS
TRAP MEN1. KYNAN CHENAI, 2. LAKSHAY, 3. PRITHVIRAJ TONDAIMAN, 4. ZORAVAR SINGH SANDHU, MQS, 5. NAMANVEER SINGH BRAR, MQS
SKEET MEN1. ANGADVIR SINGH BAJWA, 2. MAIRAJ AHMAD KHAN, 3. GURJOAT SIINGH KHANGURA, 4. KARAM SUKHBIR SINGH, MQS, 5. AMRINDER SINGH CHEEMA, MQS
10M AIR RIFLE WOMEN1. ELAVENIL VALARIVAN, 2. ANJUM MOUDGIL, 3. APURVI CHANDELA, 4. SHRIYANKA SADANGI, MQS, 5. NISHA KANWAR, MQS
50M RIFLE 3 POSITION WOMEN1. TEJASWINI SAWANT, 2. SUNIDHI CHAUHAN, 3. ANJUM MOUDGIL, 4. GAAYATHRI N., MQS, 5. SHREYA SAKSENA, MQS
10M AIR PISTOL WOMEN1. MANU BHAKER, 2. YASHASWINI SINGH DESWAL, 3. P. SHRI NIVETHA, 4. SHWETA SINGH, MQS, 5. ESHA SINGH, MQS
25M SPORTS PISTOL WOMEN1. MANU BHAKER, 2. RAHI SARNOBAT, 3. CHINKI YADAV, 4. NEERAJ KAUR, MQS, 5. ABHIDNYA ASHOK PATIL, MQS
TRAP WOMEN1. RAJESHWARI KUMARI, 2. SHREYASI SINGH, 3. MANISHA KEER, 4. KIRTI GUPTA, MQS5. NEERU, MQS
SKEET WOMEN1. GANEMAT SEKHON, 2. PARINAAZ DHALIWAL, 3. KARTTIKI SINGH SHAKTAWAT,4. DARSHANA RATHORE, MQS, 5. ZAHRA MUFADDAL DEESAWALA, MQS
10M AIR RIFLE MIXED TEAM1. DIVYANSH SINGH PANWAR, 2. ELAVENIL VALARIVAN1. ARJUN BABUTA, 2. ANJUM MOUDGIL
50M RIFLE 3 POSITION MIXED TEAM1. SANJEEV RAJPUT, 2. TEJASWINI SAWANT1. AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR, 2. SUNIDHI CHAUDHAN
10M AIR PISTOL MIXED TEAM1. SAURABH CHAUDHARY, 2. MANU BHAKER1. ABHISHEK VERMA, 2. YASHASWINI SINGH DESWAL
25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MIXED TEAM1. VIJAYVEER SIDHU, 2. TEJASWANI1. GURPREET SINGH, 2. ABHIDNYA ASHOK PATIL
TRAP MIXED TEAM1. KYNAN CHENAI, 2. RAJESHWARI KUMARI1. LAKSHAY, 2. SHREYASI SINGH
SKEET MIXED TEAM1. ANGADVIR SINGH BAJWA, 2. GANEMAT SEKHON1. MAIRAJ AHMAD KHAN, 2. PARINAAZ DHALIWAL
10M AIR RIFLE MEN TEAM1. DEEPAK KUMAR, 2. PANKAJ KUMAR, 3. AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR
50M RIFLE 3 POSITION MEN TEAM1. NIRAJ KUMAR, 2. SWAPNIL KUSALE, 3. CHAIN SINGH
10M AIR PISTOL MEN TEAM1. SAURABH CHAUDHARY, 2. ABHISHEK VERMA, 3. SARABJOT SINGH
25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MEN TEAM1. VIJAYVEER SIDHU, 2. GURPREET SINGH, 3. ARPIT GOEL
TRAP MEN TEAM1. KYNAN CHENAI, 2. LAKSHAY, 3. PRITHVIRAJ TONDAIMAN
SKEET MEN TEAM1. ANGADVIR SINGH BAJWA, 2. MAIRAJ AHMAD KHAN, 3. GURJOAT SIINGH KHANGURA
10M AIR RIFLE WOMEN TEAM1. APURVI CHANDELA, 2. SHRIYANKA SADANGI, 3. NISHA KANWAR
50M RIFLE 3 POSITION WOMEN TEAM1. ANJUM MOUDGIL, . GAAYATHRI N, 3. SHREYA SAKSENA
10M AIR PISTOL WOMEN TEAM1. MANU BHAKER, 2. YASHASWINI SINGH DESWAL, 3. P. SHRI NIVETHA
25M SPORTS PISTOL WOMEN TEAM1. MANU BHAKER, 2. RAHI SARNOBAT, 3. CHINKI YADAV
TRAP WOMEN TEAM1. RAJESHWARI KUMARI, 2. SHREYASI SINGH, 3. MANISHA KEER
SKEET WOMEN TEAM1. GANEMAT SEKHON, 2. PARINAAZ DHALIWAL, 3. KARTTIKI SINGH SHAKTAWAT.