Shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore included in Asian Games, World C'ships

Both Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore have been included in the proposed list of shooters for the ISSF World Championships in Azerbaijan and the Asian Games which will begin on September 23 in Hangzhou ChinaThe third skeet shooter in the womens category for both major events is Parinaaz DhaliwalGanemat 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 KazakhstanDarshna has made the outing even more memorable clinching bronze in Almaty which meant that India had two senior individual medals in womens skeet at the World Cup for the first timeThe mens skeet team for the Asian Games and World Championships comprises 2014 Asian Championships silver medallist in junior category Anantjeet Singh Naruka Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjoat Singh KhanguraVeteran Indian skeet shooter Olympian and multiple time national champion Mairaj Ahmed Khan has not made the cut for the two competitionsAs per the National Rifle Association of India NRAI norms the scores of four trials and a few international competitions in the first half of 2023 were taken into consideration for the selection of the teamAlso Read Asian Games 2023 Indian squad for tennis announced Rohan Bopanna Ankita Raina to spearhead challengeIn the mens trap section Prithviraj Tondaimal veteran Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Olympian Kynan Chenai have made the cut while 2006 World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu was unable to secure a berth finishing fifth in the overall tallyTamil Nadus Prithviraj in fact had emerged winner in the fourth national selection trials for shotgun held recently in BhopalIn womens trap Manisha Keer Preeti Rajak and Rajeshwari Kumari are the three shooters to secure their spots for the bigticket competitions while two big names Shreyasi Singh and Shagun Chaudhary have missed outPunjabs 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 victorySquadsWorld Championships in Baku AzerbaijanTrap Men Prithviraj Toindaman Kynan Chenai Zoravar Singh SandhuWomen Manisha Keer Preeti Rajak Rajeshwari KumariSkeet Men Aanatjeet Singh Naruka Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Gurjoat Singh KhanguraWomen Ganemat Sekhon Parinaaz Dhaliwal Darshna RathoreTrap Mixed team Prithviraj ToindamanManisha Keer and Kynan ChenaiPreeti RajakSkeet Mixed team Anantjeet Singh NarukaGanemat Sekhon and Angad Vir Singh BajwaParinaaz DhaliwalAsian Games in HangzhouTrap Men Prithviraj Toindaman Kynan Chenai Zoravar Singh SandhuWomen Manisha Keer Preeti Rajak Rajeshwari KumariSkeet Men Anantjeet Singh Naruka Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Gurjoat Singh KhanguraWomen Ganemat Sekhon Parinaaz Dhaliwal Darshna RathoreSkeet Mixed team Anantjeet Singh NarukaGanemat Sekhon and Angad Vir Singh BajwaParinaaz DhaliwalWith PTI inputs