Indian skeet shooters begin World Cup campaign in Tangier
The Indian skeet shooting team will begin its campaign at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup Tangier 2026 on Friday at the Club Tangérois de Tir.
The Indian skeet shooting team will begin its campaign at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup Tangier 2026 on Friday at the Club Tangérois de Tir.
Parampal held his nerve in a tense shoot-off to edge past Olympian Anantjeet Singh Naruka in the men’s final. Both shooters finished level on 34 hits out of 36 in the new ISSF skeet finals format.
After the completion of the Precision stage on Thursday, Esha stood fourth while Manu was placed seventh among the lineup of 85 shooters.
India’s top pistol shooters Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh endured heartbreak in the women’s 10m air pistol final at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo on Monday, both missing out on individual medals after promising starts.
Olympian Anish Bhanwala survived a total of four shoot-offs to clinch silver, his first senior individual world championship medal on competition day two of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo.
Zoravar was the only athlete to qualify for a final in the championship and with this medal, he also booked his spot in the ISSF World Cup final in Doha in December.
India capped off a successful week at the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun as the leading nation on the medals table, adding a silver in the junior women’s 25m pistol through Tejaswani Singh, who won gold at Suhl junior world cup, on final day of the competition, at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range here.
Meanwhile, Divya TS produced a composed effort in the women’s 25m Pistol (SPW) Precision Stage, staying well within the top eight and in contention for a finals berth with the Rapid-Fire stage to follow on Thursday.
The second Indian pair of Zoravar Singh Sandhu (21,23,24) and Preeti Rajak (23,24,23) combined for a tally of 138 to finish in 22nd spot.
National Games champion Neeru Dhanda reached her first-ever ISSF World Cup final, finishing a commendable fourth in the women’s trap event on the penultimate day of the fourth and final stage of the ISSF Shotgun World Cup, currently underway in Lonato, Italy. She hit 30 out of her first 35 targets in the 50-shot final.
