Cwg 2018 News

Abhinav Bindra has opined that dropping shooting from 2022 Commonwealth Games will be a huge setback for India, especially for the country's young shooters. Birmingham, which is set to host CWG 2022, has earlier expressed its inability to host shooting events due to logistics problem.

CWG gold-medallist Jitu Rai has expressed his unhappiness with the exclusion of shooting from the 2022 CWG, stating that it might affect the young shooters. He has also agreed with the NRAI, who wants India to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games, if shooting is not included as a discipline.

Shreyasi Singh finished first in Women’s Double Trap event to hand India its twelfth gold as she finished with a score of 96 before beating local favourite Emma Cox in the shoot-off. India’s other athlete in the event, Varsha Varman, however, missed the third spot by a whisker in the last round.