The Indian Shooting Association has decided to exclude Chinki Yadav for the Olympics.
 The Indian Shooting Association has decided to exclude Chinki Yadav, a pistol shooter who qualified for the Olympics. At the same time,Elavenil Valarivan, the world number one in the 10m air rifle, was selected even though she did not qualify. Anjum Moudgil will qualify for the Elavenil 10m Air Rifle Championship. So this type will depend on Elavenil and Apurvi Chandela.Anjum was selected for the 50m rifle three position instead of the 10m air rifle. According to the rules of the Olympic shooting competition, the host association is allowed to change a qualification. Accordingly, the Indian Shooting Association decided to use the qualification in the 25m pistol for the 50m rifle three position. Tejaswini Sawant has already qualified India in this category. While selecting Elavenil for the ten-meter air rifle, she will be playing with Divyansh Singh Panwar with mixed doubles lights. Deepak Kumar and Anjum Moudgil will also be in the group. The Indian Shooting Association held a meeting today to select the team. The five-hour meeting was also attended by High Performance Coach Deepali Deshpande (Senior Rifle), Suma Shirur (Chief Guide, Junior Rifle). Fifteen shooters heading to the Olympics, as reserve players for the final training camp in view of the Corona epidemic. These players will be there until the team leaves. Rahi Sarnobat, who won an Olympic medal at the World Cup, is also in the squad. Swapnil Kusale (50m Rifle Three Position) and Abhigya Patil (25m Sports Pistol) were selected as reserve shooters. |
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