Issf World Shotgun Championship News

Indian shooter Rudrankksh Patil, on Friday, entered an elite club as he became the first Indian to be crowned the World Champion in men's 10m air rifle since Abhinav Bindra in 2006. The youngster also helped India win a quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics through his brilliant showing.

The Indian women’s trap team claimed the silver medal at the ISSF World Cup, in Cairo last Thursday. The win meant that the Indian contingent returned back with two medals to their name, with the men’s skeet team already claiming a bronze medal earlier on in the tournament.

Indian shooter Sheeraz Sheikh has said that the shooting World Championship is one of the best stages for an athlete to put up his best performance. Sheikh also said that the Indian shotgun team is professional and hardworking and they are getting good support from the national federation and SAI.

India’s shooting contingent missed out on both medals and Olympics quotas yet again as both Kynan Chenai and Prithviraj Tondaima faltered in the final three rounds of the World Cup in Changwon. This is the third time in a row that the shotgun shooters failed to earn spots in the Olympics.

India started the men’s trap event with a lot promise on Wednesday as Kynan Chenai and Prithviraj Tondaiman shot two rounds of 25 each to lead 109 in the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Changwon. In the women’s trap event, however, Shagun Chowdhury and Rajeshwari Kumari remained under average.