Saurabh Chaudhary (L) and Manu Bhaker (Photo Credit: Chaudhary Twitter and Bhaker Twitter)
Indians are set to take part in the final capturing World Cup earlier than the Tokyo Olympics.
- PTI New Delhi
- Last Updated:May 08, 2021, 00:32 IST
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The final capturing World Cup earlier than the Tokyo Olympics shall be held in Osijek, Croatia from June 22 to July 3 and the Indians are set to participate in that occasion as they’d be coaching in the European nation at the moment. The mixed World Cup is being organised in place of the one earlier scheduled to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan (from June 21 to July 2) however cancelled due to a surge in COVID-19 circumstances in that nation. “Osijek, Croatia, will host the final ISSF World Cup earlier than Tokyo 2020. The competitions will happen from June 22 until July 3, 2021. The programme will embrace particular person, Mixed Team and Team competitions in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun Olympic occasions,” the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) said in a statement on Friday.
A 15-member Olympic-bound Indian team will leave for Zagreb, Croatia on May 11 in a chartered flight to participate in the European Championship to be held from May 20 to June 6.
The squad will then take part in the World Cup in Osijek. After the training-cum-competition stint in Croatia, they will directly leave for Tokyo to participate in the Olympics beginning on July 23.
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