The four best women’s air rifle shooters in the country — Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan and Mehuli Ghosh — have all earned their berth for the World Cup Finals to be staged at Pultan, China, from November 17 to 23.
A record 14 Indians have qualified for the World Cup Finals in rifle and pistol as India had topped the medals table in each of the four World Cups in Delhi, Beijing, Munich and Rio de Janeiro. They collected 16 gold medals in all, which is also a record.
Anjum has qualified for both the air rifle and women’s rifle 3-position events. Manu Bhaker also qualified for two events, women’s air pistol and sports pistol.
The ISSF has strengthened the field to 18 in each event, instead of the traditional top-12.
All the shooters in the air events will also be eligible to compete in mixed team competition.
The list of Indians:
Men: Air rifle: Divyansh Singh Panwar; Rifle 3-position: Akhil Sheoran, Sanjeev Rajput; Air pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, Shahzar Rizvi; Rapid fire pistol: Anish Bhanwala.
Women: Air rifle: Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan, Mehuli Ghosh; Rifle 3-position: Anjum Moudgil; Air pistol: Yashaswini Singh Deswal, Manu Bhaker; Sports pistol: Rahi Sarnobat, Manu Bhaker.
