MUMBAI: After the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games organisers reduced the quota for shooters and 2022 Games host city Birmingham indicating that the sport will likely not be included, the latest blow to the discipline is the decision by the Jakarta Asian Games organisers to trim shooting events from their schedule.
The Asian Games organisers have removed all team events from their schedule, along with dropping traditional Asiad events like rifle 50m prone (men and women), 50m pistol, 25m centre fire pistol and 25m standard pistol, Times of India reports.
Although all the dropped events are non-Olympic events, their exclusion has hit India hard in terms of medal prospects as the country has traditionally done well in shooting, the team events in particular.
