Shooters Ganemat, Darsha Make Cut For Asian Games, World Championships

New Delhi
Ganemat Sekhon, the 22-year-old shotgun exponent to win India’s first skeet medal at a World Cup, and Darsha Rathore have been included in the proposed list of shooters for the ISSF World Championships in Azerbaijan and the Asian Games scheduled in Hangzhou, China from September 23. Ganemat, the first Indian woman skeet shooter to win a medal in the junior World Championships and the first to win a World Cup bronze, had last month added a World Cup silver in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The men’s skeet team for the Asian Games and World Championships co h Naruka, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjoat Singh Khangura. Veteran Indian skeet shooter, Olympian and multiple time national champion Mairaj Ahmed Khan has not made the cut for the two competitions. In women’s trap, Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak and Rajeshwari Kumari are the three shooters to secure their spots for the big-ticket competitions, while two big names — Shreyasi Singh and Shagun Chaudhary — have missed out. Punjab’s Rajeshwari was at her best in the finals of the fourth round of trials in Bhopal, with a score of 48 en route to claiming the crucial victory.
Squads: World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan Trap (Men) Prithviraj Toindaman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu. (Women) Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari. Skeet: (Men) Aanatjeet Singh Naruka, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Gurjoat Singh Khangura. (Women) Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darsha Rathore. Trap Mixed team: Prithviraj Toindaman/Manisha Keer and Kynan Chenai/Preeti Rajak. Skeet Mixed team: Anantjeet Singh Naruka/Ganemat Sekhon and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa/Parinaaz Dhaliwal. Asian Games in Hangzhou Trap (Men) Prithviraj Toindaman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu. (Women) Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari. Skeet: (Men) Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Gurjoat Singh Khangura. (Women) Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darsha Rathore. Skeet Mixed team: Anantjeet Singh Naruka/Ganemat Sekhon and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa/Parinaaz Dhaliwal.