8 Olympic Quotas on the Line as India Arrive for Mexico Shotgun WC

Having secured three Tokyo Olympic quotas in shooting, India will look to increase the number in Acapulco this week.

Former world champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu will lead the line for India at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Mexico from 19 March.

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A 12-member Indian shooting contingent will vie for a total of eight Tokyo Olympics quota places when they open their campaign at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup to be held in Acapulco, Mexico from 19 to 26 March.

A total of five events are scheduled at the year’s first Shotgun World Cup, beginning with the qualification rounds of the women's Trap event.

There are two quota places each on offer in the women’s Trap, men’s Trap, women’s Skeet and men’s Skeet disciplines. However, there are no quota places at the mixed Trap event.

The Indian contingent includes former world champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu in the men's Trap and current finals world record holder in the men's Skeet Angad Vir Singh Bajwa.

India have won a total of three Tokyo Olympic quotas in shooting so far, among the top five quota-winning countries in the world. However, all of them have been in the Rifle and Pistol disciplines.

Besides 12 competitors across five medal events, Zoravar Singh Sandhu will also compete in the MQS (Minimum Qualification Score) category for Tokyo 2020 in the men's Trap.

A total of 351 athletes from 61 nations will be seen in action in the tournament.

Indian Team for Mexico Shotgun WC

• Men’s Trap: Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Kynan Chenai, Prithviraj Tondaiman.
• Women’s Trap: Shagun Chowdhary, Rajeshwari Kumari, Varsha Varman.
• Men’s Skeet: Mairaj Ahmed Khan, Sheeraz Sheikh, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa.
• Women’s Skeep: Rashmmi Rathore, Simranpreet Kaur, Maheshwari Chauhan.
• Mixed Trap: Kynan Chenai, Shagun Chowdhary, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Rajeshwari Kumari.
• Trap MQS: Zoravar Singh.