Manu Bhaker
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Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker has ensured her participation in World Cups to be staged in Argentina and Peru.
The 22-year-old Manu figures in both air pistol and sports pistol squads for the first two World Cups of the season, in the list of teams announced by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
However, the other two shooting Olympic medallists in Paris, Sarabjot Singh and Swapnil Kusale have not made the national team.
Notably, Asian Games gold medallist, Olympic finalist and multiple World Cup gold medallist, Saurabh Chaudhary has been selected for air pistol.
The first World Cup for rifle, pistol and shotgun is scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from April 1 to 11. The second World Cup in all three disciplines will be hosted in Lima, Peru, from April 13 to 22.
The Indian team:
Air rifle: Rudrankksh Patil, Arjun Babuta, Hriday Hazarika; Arya Borse, Narmada Nithin, Sonam Maskar.
50m rifle 3-position: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Chain Singh, Niraj Kumar; Ashi Chouksey, Shriyanka Sadangi, Sift Kaur Samra.
Air pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary, Ravinder Singh, Varun Tomar; Suruchi Phogat, Manu Bhaker, Sainyam.
25m rapid fire pistol: Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh.
25m sports pistol: Manu Bhaker, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Esha Singh.
Trap: Lakshay Sheoran, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu; Neeru, Pragati Dubey, Bhavya Tripathi.
Skeet: Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Khangura; Raiza Dhillon, Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore.
Published – February 21, 2025 07:26 pm IST
