NRAI Announces Dates for Shotgun Selection Trials

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced that the national selection trials 2 and 3 for Shotgun events (Trap and Skeet), will be conducted in New Delhi and Bhopal, from 21 May and 1 June, respectively.

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These trials will help in finalising the Indian squad for a packed international calendar later in the year, including two ISSF World Cups (Italy and Greece), the 16th Asian Championships (Kazakhstan), the ISSF Junior World Cup (India-September) and the 3rd Asian Youth Games (Bahrain-October).

NST 2 will be held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in New Delhi from 21-26 May, with Skeet qualifications scheduled on day one with the finals subsequently scheduled on 23 May. The Trap event will follow from 24-26 May.

The selection committee will consider the scores of the ISSF Junior World Cup, Suhl, Germany, for those junior athletes participating in the event, as NST 2 coincides with it. Scores of such shooters will not be marked "Zero". In view of this, there will be no separate selection trials for junior athletes in the shotgun category.