Indian Shooting Calendar 2022-23, Shotgun: Know all the important events

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced the upcoming season’s selection trials, which, along with the results of the most recent national championship, will serve as the foundation for selection to the Indian national squad for international tournaments. The national federation has separated the elite shooters in group-A and announced separate trials in a new structure. Group A will exclusively include Olympic event shooters. According to the NRAI, shooters must choose their category at the beginning of the year – youth, junior, men, or women and must remain in that division throughout the year. Any shooter from group B may be taken into consideration for national selection by the selection committee.

The year 2022 witnessed extraordinary performances from Indian skeet and trap shooters. Two-time Olympian in Skeet shooting, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, won the country’s and his first ever individual gold in the event, shooting 37 hits out of a possible 40 in the final of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun held at Changwon, Korea. In the ISSF World Championship held in Osijek, Croatia, Indian young shooters won four medals including one gold, one silver, and two bronze to finish fifth in the junior medal tally. Arya Vansh Tyagi, Shapath Bharadwaj, Shardul Vihan and Areeba Khan were a few of the junior shooters who had an exceptional outing. In the senior men’s trap, Bhowneesh Mendiratta missed out on a medal but clinched the first Olympic quota for Paris 2024 Games with a fourth place finish. Let’s take a look at the Indian Shooting Calendar 2022-23 for the shotgun discipline.

Indian Shooting Calendar 2022-23: Shotgun

Read more: World Shotgun Championships 2022 Osijek, Croatia, Olympic quotas, Team Standings: Find out the results of the Indian Contingent, Senior and Junior Events Medalists and more