New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Mendiratta Mendiratta will head a 12-member Indian taking pictures contingent on the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun Lonato 2023 in Italy which is slated to start on July 8.
The occasion may also function a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Lonato leg, held on the Trap Concaverde Shooting Range, would be the sixth shotgun competitors of the ISSF 2023 calendar.
The ISSF World Cup in Italy would be the closing shotgun occasion earlier than the World Championships. The match can be performed in Doha, Qatar, from November 18 to 27.
Having competed at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, veteran skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan is a two-time Olympian. The three-time ISSF World Cup gold medallist can be seeking to carry out nicely within the upcoming competitors to fulfill the quota for the Paris 2024.
Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore, who respectively gained a silver and a bronze medal within the ladies’s particular person skeet occasions on the ISSF World Cup in Almaty in May, are additionally part of the Indian taking pictures squad.
Bhowneesh Mendiratta, the primary Indian shooter to win a quota place for the Paris 2024 Olympics final 12 months, can be in motion within the lure occasion. Prithviraj Tondaiman, a bronze medallist on the ISSF World Cup Shotgun Doha 2023 in March, can be part of India’s males’s lure crew.
ISSF World Cup Shotgun Almaty 2023: Indian taking pictures squad:Men – Skeet: Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat KhanguraTrap: Prithviraj Tondaiman, Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Zoravar Singh SandhuWomen – Skeet: Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore, Maheshwari ChauhanTrap: Shreyasi Singh, Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak. (ANI)