No shooting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth games federation CEO David Grevemberg has crushed the hopes of ISSF and NRAI by clarifying that shooting will not feature in the 2022 CWG games. The big blow to aspiring Indian shooters came after commonwealth nations collectively decided against it as Grevemberg claimed.
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“Shooting will not feature at the 2022 CWG and the
Grevemberg stressed that the decision to exclude the sport was not his alone and the “entire commonwealth of nations” stood by it. The Birmingham games’ organizing committee has chosen the sports of table tennis, judo, gymnastics, wrestling, cycling, diving and 3-v-3 basketball as the selected seven optional sports to feature as part of the 2022 games.
“Birmingham is a diverse and dynamic city that has proposed an inspiring and inclusive event for 2022, and in record time. We know that they considered all optional sports carefully, but a final decision was reached,” added Grevemberg in his letter.
Shooting has been a sport in which India
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