Indian shooting team could miss foreign coaches at Asian Games 2023

In what could be a big blow to the Indian shooting team’s chances at the Asian Games 2023, coaches Marcello Dradi and Ennio Falco from Italy might not accompany the shooters to China. The duo was appointed this year after Australia’s Russell and Lauryn Mark quit following a fallout with the NRAI.

As per a report, Marcello Dradi signed the contract with the SAI only after the list of officials and athletes had been finalised by the IOA for Asian Games 2023. Meanwhile, Indian trap coach Vikram Chopra will accompany the trap contingent while Jitender Beniwal will most likely accompany the skeet contingent, NRAI secretary Rajiv Bhatia told PTI.

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“Their (foreign coaches) contracts were signed after the long list of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had been finalised and sent to the Asian Games organisers (HAGOC). That is the reason they will likely miss out,” said Bhatia.

Interestingly, Indian contingent saw the addition of 25 members to the Asian Games contingent on Friday. Responding to that, Bhatia said, “We have sent all the documentation to them (IOA)… the recommendation has gone (to the IOA) that their names should be included with the contingent. The proposal has gone but I cannot say with surety what will happen.

“Vikram Chopra will be with the trap contingent and in skeet, I suppose, Jitender Beniwal will go… we are pressing (for inclusion of) his name for skeet,” Bhatia said.

Indian Shooting Team for Asian Games 2023

Men’s 10m air rifle: Divyansh Singh Panwar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil

Women’s 10m air rifle: Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh, Ashi Chouksey

Men’s 50m rifle 3-position: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran

Women’s 50m rifle 3-position: Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik

Men’s 10m air pistol: Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, Arjun Singh Cheema

Women’s 10m air pistol: Divya TS, Esha Singh, Palak

Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh

Women’s 25m sports pistol: Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh

Air rifle mixed team: Divyansh Singh Panwar/Ramita; Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar/Mehuli Ghosh

Air pistol mixed team: Sarabjot Singh/Divya TS; Shiva Narwal/Esha Singh

Men’s trap (provisional): Prithviraj Toindaman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu.

Women’s trap (provisional): Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari

Men’s skeet (provisional): Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Gurjoat Singh Khangura

Women’s skeet (provisional): Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darsha Rathore

Skeet mixed team (provisional): Anantjeet Singh Naruka/Ganemat Sekhon and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa/Parinaaz Dhaliwal