The reigning World and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra will spearhead the Indian challenge at the shooting World Championship in Munich from July 31 to August 10.
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced 49 shooters including 23 juniors for the meet. Gagan Narang, unlucky to miss the final in Beijing, has been selected for three events (air rifle, free rifle 3-position and rifle prone), though he appeared for the trials in only one. Among the pistol shooters, Omkar Singh has gained the nod to compete in three events (air pistol, free pistol and centre fire pistol), while the seasoned Samaresh Jung could only make the standard pistol team, following the recent trials in Pune. The World championship will offer quota places for the London 2012 Olympics. The shotgun team will be announced shortly at the end of the ongoing trials at the Dr. Karni Singh range in Tughlakabad.
The team : Men : Imran Hassan Khan, Sanjeev Rajput, Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra, Hariom Singh, Joydeep Karmakar, Omkar Singh, Zakir Khan, Viraj Singh, Vijay Kumar, Gurpreet Singh, Rahul Panwar, Samaresh Jung, Vivek Singh and Harpreet Singh.
Women : Meena Kumari, Kuheli Gangulee, Tejaswini Sawant, V. Kavitha, Radhika Barale, Suma Shirur, Anisa Sayyed, Annuraj Singh, Sushma Singh, Heena Sidhu and Shweta Chaudhary.
Junior Men : Rakesh Manpat, J. Ramesh, Parth Aggarwal, Bibaswan Gangulee, Vivek Giri, Ravinder Singh, Akshay Jain, Ajitesh Kaushal, Vikrant Ghaisas, Shivraj Sase, Maninder Singh and Ruchit Kapadia.
Junior women : Aparajita Tiwari, C. Rekha, Meera Kumari, Mampi Das, Ayonika Paul, Shriyanka Sadangi, Rahi Sarnobat, Surabhi Pathak, Sanjana Chhabra, Lovleen Kaur and Komal Barot.
