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The National Shooting Championships will be staged after a two-year gap, after the tournament was cancelled owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. The pistol events will be held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, in New Delhi, while the rifle events will be hosted at the MP State Shooting Academy in Bhopal.

Indian shooting coach Jaspal Rana has made it clear that he doesn’t want to prepare himself for the 2024 Paris Olympics; rather he wants to serve the junior squad and develop fresh talents for the future. India won as many as 43 medals in the recently concluded 2021 ISSF Junior World Championships.

The Indian shooting contingent claimed three medals - a gold, a silver, and a bronze to take the tally to 23 at the ongoing ISSF Junior World Championships, on Thursday. The duo of Vijayveer Sidhu and Rhythm Sangwan had the better of Thailand’s pair to claim the gold medal in 25m mixed team event.

India add yet another medal to their tally, 20th overall, after the trio of Bakhtyaruddin Malek, Shardul Vihan and Vivaan Kapoor won the silver in men's trap team event at the Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru. On last day of competition, as many as five gold medals will be up for grabs.