Medals at stake in air pistol on the first day of ISSF World Cup
India’s Sarabjot Singh, Shiv Narwal and Varun Tomar will fight for medals in the men’s 10m air pistol event while Divya TS, Isha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan will fight for the medals in the women’s section of the ISSF World Cup (Pistol & Rifle), starting here on Wednesday. do. The tournament assumes significance for the 34-member Indian contingent as it is the last international tournament before the World Championships to be held at the same venue in August. India will try to get maximum quota places for the 2024 Paris Olympics through the World Championships to be held from August 14 to September 1.
The Indian team has reached the capital of Azerbaijan in two pieces. The Indian team is training under the guidance of High Performance Director Pierre Beauchamp and foreign coaches Thomas Farnik and Mukhbayar Dorsuren. Over the next five days, there will be 10 medal events in which 600 shooters from around 50 countries will participate. There will be two medal events on each day. Shooters like Christian Ritz, Javed Farogi, Damir Mikec, Ana Koračaki, Doreen Wennekamp, Yang Qian, Veronica Major and Yin Quiquampoix will compete in the tournament.
