The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the governing physique of the Olympic sport of Shooting within the nation, at present introduced a 15-member Indian contingent for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July. The Selection Committee after a gathering on Sunday afternoon which lasted over 5 hours, additionally introduced a set of 14 reserve shooters for every of the eligible occasions, significantly with an eye fixed on the raging Covid-19 pandemic, as had been recommended final month by the NRAI President, Raninder Singh.
Reigning world primary in Women’s 10M Air Rifle Elavenil Valarivan, was the one athlete to have been picked within the crew, who had not gained, one of many 15-quotas gained by the National Team. She would avail of the quota gained by Anjum Moudgil within the occasion.
It was additionally determined by the National Selection Committee that the quota gained by Chinki Yadav within the Women’s 25M Pistol can be swapped in favour of Anjum Moudgil, to allow her to compete within the Women’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions occasion as India’s second entry alongside former World Champion Tejaswini Sawant.
The quota gained for the nation can solely be swapped inside the similar gender.
Manu Bhaker, whose general performances within the Women’s 25M Pistol had been higher, the Committee felt, would reap the benefits of the double-start rule and compete in each the Women’s 10M Air Pistol and the 25M Pistol particular person occasions.
Anjum would additionally compete within the Mixed Air Rifle Team competitors alongside Deepak Kumar as India’s second crew within the occasion. Elavenil and Divyansh would kind the primary pairing. Apurvi Chandela, subsequently, competes solely within the Women’s 10M Air Rifle particular person competitors.
Commenting on the crew, Singh stated, “The National Selection Committee’s main focus was to select the strongest squad for the Games and to ensure that the most consistent performers in each event, during the course of this entire Olympic cycle, do not miss out. I believe they have done an excellent job on both those fronts and we are confident that this selection will deliver.” He added, “The selection I believe has been done purely on merit and in keeping with the provisions of NRAI’s Olympic selection ranking policy. This merit based approach has enabled us to field a third specialist shooter in the Women’s 10M Air Rifle events as well as go with the two best shooters in Women’s 25M Pistol event.”
The official Team record together with the Reserve squad is connected with this communication.
A gathering of the Selection Committee of NRAI was held at 1 PM on 4th April 2021, at A-8, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi.
Here is the complete crew:
10M AIR RIFLE MEN
1. Divyansh Singh Panwar
2. Deepak Kumar
Sandeep Singh – Reserve Shooter
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Reserve Shooter
50M RIFLE 3 POSITION MEN
1. Sanjeev Rajput
2. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
Swapnil Kusale – Reserve Shooter
Chain Singh – Reserve Shooter
10M AIR PISTOL MEN
1. Saurabh Chaudhary
2. Abhishek Verma
Shahzar Rizvi – Reserve Shooter
Om Prakash Mitharval – Reserve Shooter
10M AIR RIFLE WOMEN
1. Apurvi Chandela
2. Elavenil Valarivan
Anjum Moudgil – Reserve Shooter
Shreya Agrawal – Reserve Shooter
50M RIFLE 3 POSITION WOMEN
1. Anjum Moudgil
2. Tejaswini Sawant
Sunidhi Chauhan – Reserve Shooter
Gaayathri N. – Reserve Shooter
10M AIR PISTOL WOMEN
1. Manu Bhaker
2. Yashaswini Singh Deswal
P. Shri Nivetha – Reserve Shooter
Shweta Singh – Reserve Shooter
25M SPORTS PISTOL WOMEN
1. Rahi Sarnobat
2. Manu Bhaker
Chinki Yadav – Reserve Shooter
Abhidnya Patil – Reserve Shooter
SKEET MEN
1. Angadvir Singh Bajwa
2. Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Gurjoat Siingh Khangura – Reserve Shooter
Sheeraz Sheikh – Reserve Shooter
10M AIR RIFLE MIXED TEAM
1. Divyansh Singh Panwar
2. Elavenil Valarivan
1. Deepak Kumar
2. Anjum Moudgil
10M AIR PISTOL MIXED TEAM
1. Saurabh Chaudhary
2. Manu Bhaker
1. Abhishek Verma
2. Yashaswini Singh Deswal
