BENGALURU: Ace shooters
Gagan Narang
and
Jitu Rai failed to find a place in the Indian squad for the Jakarata Asian Games announced by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Thursday. The two-member men's air rifle team will have Ravi Kumar and Deepak Kumar while the 3-position team comprises
Sanjeev Rajput and Akhil Sheoran even as Narang missed out. Narang, 35, has won a total of five medals at Asiad in 2006 and 2010, including a silver at the
2010 Asian Games
in 10m air rifle.
However, the London Olympics bronze winner has made the cut for the upcoming World Championship in
South Korea
, where a country can field three shooters, as he made the Indian team in prone and air rifle events. Also missing out was Jitu Rai, who had won the gold in 50m pistol at the last Asiad.
SQUAD: Senior rifle: Men: 3 positions: Sanjeev Rajput, Akhil Sheoran. Air rifle: Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar. 300m standard rifle: Harjinder Singh, Amit Kumar. Air rifle mixed: Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela.
Women: 3 positions: Anjum Moudgil, Gaayathri N. Air rifle: Apurvi, Elavenil Valarivan.
Senior pistol: Men: Air pistol: Abhishek Verma, Saurabh Chaudhary. Rapid fire pistol: Shivam Shukla, Anish. Air pistol mixed: Abhishek Verma, Manu Bhaker.
Women: Air pistol: Manu, Heena Sidhu. Sports pistol: Rahi Sarnobat, Manu.
Senior shotgun: Men: Trap: Lakshay, Manavjit Singh Sandhu. Skeet: Sheeraz Sheikh, Angadwir Bajwa. Double trap: Ankur Mittal, Shradul Vihaan. Trap mixed: Lakshay, Shreyasi Singh. Women: Trap: Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar. Skeet: Ganemat Sekhon, Rashmmi Rathore. Double trap: Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman.
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