New Delhi
\nEight young shooters, including Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary, were on Thursday included in the Target Olympic Scheme (TOPS) along with two tennis players and three paddlers, keeping in mind the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n
Both Bhaker (women\u2019s 10m air pistol) and Chaudhary (men\u2019s 10m air pistol) had won gold medals at the recent Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
\nAs many as 16 shooters made the cut, including Mehuli Ghosh (women\u2019s 10m air rifle), Anish BhanwalaElavenil Valarivan (women\u2019s 10m air rifle), Lakshay Sheoran (men\u2019s trap) and veteran Sanjeev Rajput (men\u2019s 50m rifle 3 position).<\/p>\n
Ravi Kumar (Men\u2019s 10m Air Rifle), Deepak Kumar (Men\u2019s 10m Air Rifle, Apurvi Chandela (Women\u2019s 10m Air Rifle), Anjum Moudgil (women\u2019s 10m Air Rifle and Women\u2019s 50m Rifle 3 Position), Abhishek Verma (Men\u2019s 10m Air Pistol), Om Prakash Mitharwal (Men\u2019s 10m Air Pistol), Rahi Sarnobat (Women\u2019s 25m Pistol), Kynan Chenai ( Men\u2019s Trap), and Angad Veer Singh Bajwa (Men\u2019s Skeet) were the other shooters to figure in the list.<\/p>\n
Additionally, six shooters are being considered under the development group for the 2024 Olympics. They are: Hriday Hazarika (Men\u2019s 10m Air Rifle), Divyansh Panwar (Men\u2019s 10m Air Rifle), Shreya Agrawal (Women\u2019s 10m Air Rifle), Aishwarya Pratap Tomar (Men\u2019s 50m Rifle 3 Position), Esha Singh (Women\u2019s 10m Air Pistol), Manisha Keer .<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was an intense deliberation over the inclusion of Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai in the scheme. The committee post the discussion agreed to keep them on a watchlist along with a few other athletes, and it was decided to take a call on their inclusion in the scheme, post the World Cup in February 2019 to be held in New Delhi,\u201d the release added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe committee also decided that Sania Mirza could be considered for inclusion at a later date for Mixed Doubles depending on her plans to recommence training,\u201d the release added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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