NEW DELHI: The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), has announced a 12-member Indian Shooting contingent for the year's third ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage, scheduled to be held in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku between May 27-June 7.
Alongside, a 43-member contingent for the Junior ISSF World Cup in Suhl, Germany, scheduled between May 09-May 20, has also been announced. While the senior squad for the Baku World Cup comprises rifle shooters only, the squad for the Junior World Cup has participants in all three disciplines of rifle, pistol and shotgun.
India's next international shooting engagement is the ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, Italy, where a nine-member squad had already been entered. The NRAI, on this day, also finalised the National squads for the year in all three Shooting disciplines and among notable names, London Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar and India's most decorated ISSF medallist Jitu Rai, have made a comeback into the squad. The Lonato World Cup is scheduled to begin on April 19, 2022.IANS
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