Watch ISSF World Cup finals in Croatia live: Abhishek Verma, Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker eye medals
Thirteen Indian shooters will fight for top honours at the second combined ISSF World Cup of 2021. Watch live!
Olympic-bound Indian shooters will have the opportunity to fine-tune their skills before Tokyo 2020 at the 2021 ISSF World Cup in Osijek, Croatia on Thursday.
A total of 13 Indian shooters - seven women, six men - will be competing in the rifle and pistol disciplines of shooting at the second combined ISSF World Cup of 2021. The athletes will take part in individual as well as team events.
The shooters have been in Croatia since last month and even participated in the non-medal (Minimum Qualification Score) categories at the European championships in Osijek.
Tokyo-bound skeet shooters Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa are the only absentees. The two are training in Italy.
Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Chaudhary, the world No. 1 and 2, respectively, in the Tokyo 2020 rankings, are the favourites to end on top of the podium in the men’s 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Croatia.
Among the women, top-ranked Yashaswini Singh Deswal and second-ranked youngster Manu Bhaker are medal hopefuls in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event.
The 19-year-old Manu Bhaker, in her short career, has already won nine gold medals at ISSF World Cups and will be making her Olympic debut in Tokyo.
Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar are among the top shooters in the 10m Air Rifle events for women and men, respectively.
A total of 520 shooting athletes from 47 countries have assembled in Osijek.
The world’s top shooters including strong contingents from shooting heavyweights like Russia, Germany, France, Italy, besides hosts Croatia, will be looking to fine-tune their skills before heading for the Tokyo Games next month.
Some top names to watch out for besides the Indian stars would be the likes of Olympic and world champion Anna Korakakki of Greece, reigning Olympic champion Christian Reitz of Germany, world No. 1 in rifle categories - Istvan Peni of Hungary, as well as Slovenian icon Rajmond Debevec.
India shooting team for the ISSF World Cup 2021 Croatia
Women
Manu Bhaker - 10m Air Pistol, 25m Pistol Women, 10m Air Mixed Pistol Team
Apurvi Chandela - 10m Air Rifle Women, 10m Air Rifle Team Women
Yashaswini Singh Deswal - 10m Air Pistol Women, 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team
Anjum Moudgil - 10m Air Rifle Women, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team, 10m Air Rifle Team Women
Rahi Sarnobat - 25m Pistol Women
Tejaswini Sawant - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Elavenil Valarivan - 10m Air Rifle Women, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, 10m Air Rifle Team Women
Men
Deepak Kumar - 10m Air Rifle Men, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, 10m Air Rifle Team Men
Divyansh Singh Panwar - 10m Air Rifle Men, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, 10m Air Rifle Team Men
Sanjeev Rajput - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Saurabh Chaudhary - 10m Air Pistol Men, 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar - 10m Air Rifle Men, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team, 10m Air Rifle Team Men
Abhishek Verma - 10m Air Pistol Men, 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team
ISSF World Cup 2021 Croatia: Schedule for finals and live India start times
All times are India Standard Time (IST)
Thursday, June 24
Final 10m Air Rifle Men - 3:30 PM IST
Final 10m Air Rifle Women - 5:30 PM IST
Final 10m Air Pistol Women - 7:45 PM IST
Final 10m Air Pistol Men - 9:45 PM IST
Friday, June 25
Final Air Rifle Team Men - 1:45 PM IST
Final Air Rifle Team Women - 3:00 PM IST
Final Air Pistol Team Men - 4:30 PM IST
Final Air Pistol Team Women - 5:45 PM IST
Saturday, June 26
Final 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team - 1:30 PM IST
Final 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team - 5:45 PM IST
Sunday, June 27
Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men - 10:00 PM IST
Monday, June 28
Final 25m Pistol Women - 3:00 PM IST
Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women - 7:00 PM IST
Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Men - 10:00 PM IST
Tuesday, June 29
Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Women - 3:00 PM IST
Final 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men - 5:45 PM IST
Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team - 9:45 PM IST
Wednesday, June 30
Final 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Mixed Team - 5:00 PM IST
Thursday, July 1
Final 25m Pistol Team Women - 2:00 PM IST
Final 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team Men - 5:00 PM IST
Where to watch the ISSF World Cup Croatia live in India?
Shooting fans in India can watch live streaming of the ISSF World Cup Croatia on the ISSF YouTube channel and the ISSF Facebook page.
Only the finals of each event will be streamed live.