Shooters Jitu, Narang fail to make Asian Games squad
Seasoned Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and young Mehuli Ghosh failed to make the Indian shooting squad for the Asian Games, even as a few unheralded faces were picked for the quadrennial event, starting August 18 in Indonesia.
London Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar, plagued by injuries and poor form for a long time, makes his way back into the squad for the World Championships. The Armyman will be taking part in standard pistol and centre fire (non-Olympic events), though he had won the top prize of his career in rapid fire.
Asian Games squad: Rifle Men 3 Position: Sanjeev Rajput, Akhil Sheoran; Air Rifle: Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar; 300m Standard Rifle: Harjinder Singh, Amit Kumar; Air Rifle Mixed: Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela; Women 3 Position: Anjum Moudgil, Gaayathri N; Air Rifle: Apurvi, Elavenil Valarivan; Men’s Air Pistol: Abhishek Verma, Saurabh Chaudhary; Rapid Fire Pistol: Shivam Shukla, Anish; Air Pistol Mixed: Abhishek Verma, Manu Bhaker; Women’s Air Pistol: Manu, Heena Sidhu; Sports Pistol: Rahi Sarnobat, Manu; Shotgun: Men’s Trap: Lakshay, Manavjit Singh Sandhu; Skeet: Sheeraz Sheikh, Angadwir Bajwa; Double Trap: Ankur Mittal, Shradul Vihaan; Trap Mixed: Lakshay, Shreyasi Singh; Women’s Trap: Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar; Skeet: Ganemat Sekhon, Rashmmi Rathore; Double Trap: Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman.
THAPA IN BOXING SQUAD
mix of youth and seasoned campaigners will be part of India’s boxing squad for the Asian Games in Jakarta.
The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) announced a 10-member contingent on Friday. In the men’s team, India will rely on the experience of Vikas Krishan (75 kg), Manoj Kumar (69Kg) and Shiva Thapa (60kg) to win medals, while Gaurav Solanki (52 Kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (56 kg) and Amit (49 kg), who won medals at CWG, were also picked. Among women, Sonia Lather (57kg), Sarjubala Devi (51kg) and Pavitra (60kg) were selected.
Continuing with their recent policy of selecting boxers on the basis of rankings and performances which came under criticism by some boxers during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the BFI did not hold trials in all the categories. Trials were held only in two men and women’s 51 kg, where Mary Kom has pulled out. Some big names who missed out on account of the policy were Gaurav Bidhuri and Mandeep Jangra.
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