The President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), Luciano Rossi, has hailed India’s increasing contribution to the development and growing popularity of sport shooting around the world.
Rhythm Sangwan will be the only Indian shooter to compete in two events in the season-ending ISSF World Cup Final here after double Olympic-medallist Manu Bhaker opted for a three-month rest following her exploits in the Paris Games.
The 24-year-old Indian shotgun shooter will come back on Thursday for the last two rounds of qualification, with the final slated later in the day.
Maheshwari went down to Chile’s Francisca Crovetto Chadid 3-4 in a shoot-off for gold after both were tied at 54 hits in the 60-shot final.
Maheshwari Chauhan secured a Paris quota for India in the women’s skeet event at the ISSF Final Olympic Shotgun Qualification Championship in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.
Earlier, the ISSF had announced cancellation of the 2020 European Shotgun Championship.
In her last competition for the Serbian national team at the European championship in the 10m Air Pistol event in Wroclaw 2020, she was dominant in the individual competition.
The new deadline for Tokyo 2020 qualification in the sport is June 6, 2021.
A delighted NRAI president Raninder Singh tweeted a screenshot of the International Shooting Sport Federation's (ISSF) overall rankings for 2019.
Her compatriot Elavenil Valarivan, however, narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth behind China's Xu Hong.
