Shooters set to compete in ISSF Munich World Cup

Munich, may 22

Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai will spearhead India's challenge at the ISSF World Cup — the final competitive outing for rifle and pistol shooters before the Asian Games and World Championships — starting here on Thursday.

Preceding the tournament proper will be the Grand Prix events in the 50m rifle prone, where the likes of Gagan Narang, Sanjeev Rajput, Chain Singh and Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant and Shreya Saxena will compete tomorrow.

On the first day of tournament proper, Rajput, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran will be in action in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions, while in the women's 10m air rifle Apurvi Chandela, Mehuli Ghosh and Anjum Moudgil will carry India's hopes.

The tournament will also see other top Indian shooters such as Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Om Prakash Mitharwal, Shahzar Rizvi and veterans like Rahi Sarnobat and Annuraj Singh in action. 

India is fielding a 31-strong contingent, including nine in the Minimum Qualification Score (not competing for a medal but only registering international scores) section. — PTI