No proposal to host shooting in India during 2022 CWG: CGF

New Delhi, December 9

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) today said there is no plan to have a Commonwealth Championships of shooting in India during the 2022 Birmingham Games to make up for the sport’s axing from the multi-sport showpiece. The CGF said there was no formal proposal made to the ISSF to conduct a Commonwealth Shooting Championships when its chief Louise Martin and CEO David Grevemberg met the top brass of the world body on Friday in Munich.

There has been media speculation that such championships could be held in India around the time of the Birmingham CWG and the medals won in that (shooting) event could be added to the tally of the respective countries. “Although a Commonwealth Shooting Championships is amongst one of several ideas being discussed with the ISSF, nothing has been formally proposed, let alone agreed upon, with any of our partners,” Grevemberg said in a statement. “Therefore, media speculation is extremely premature,” he added.

In fact, the Indian Olympic Association, which threatened withdrawal from the 2022 CWG to protest against the dropping of shooting, had proposed that medals at such an event be added to the tally of the respective countries. The proposal was made during a meeting of IOA officials with their CGF counterparts in India last month.

IOA chief Narinder Batra had even said that India would not be interested to take part in a Commonwealth Shooting Championships if the medals are not added to the country’s tally of the 2022 CWG. — PTI