Live streaming, ISSF World Championships 2023, Baku: Indian shooters eye Paris 2024 quotas - full schedule, squad
The world shooting championships will offer 48 Paris 2024 Olympic quota berths for rifle, pistol and shotgun events. Watch live!
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Youth Olympic Games champion Manu Bhaker and in-form shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sift Kaur Samra will lead India’s 53-member shooting squad at the ISSF World Championships 2023 to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Thursday.
The championships will be held at the Baku Olympic Shooting Range in rifle, pistol as well as shotgun events. Live streaming of the World Shooting Championships 2023 will be available in India.
Besides the medals on offer, shooters will also have the opportunity to vie for the 48 direct Paris 2024 Olympic quota spots, which will be awarded to the top four finishers in each of the 12 Olympic shooting events.
The shooting world championships will also include competitions in non-Olympic events. India’s 53-member contingent includes 19 shooters for non-Olympic events.
Manu Bhaker and Sift Kaur Samra won gold medals in the women’s 10m air pistol and women’s 50m rifle 3 positions, respectively, at the recently-concluded World University Games in Chengdu, the People’s Republic of China. Manu Bhaker, however, will compete only in the 25m pistol event in Baku.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, a Tokyo Olympian, won gold medals in men’s 10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3 positions at the World University Games and will be gunning for quota in both events. Divyansh Singh Panwar, who clinched silver in the men's 10m air rifle in Chengdu, is also listed to compete.
Quota places, however, don’t belong to individual shooters and are earned on behalf of national teams. National federations decide which shooter travels to the main event by conducting trials.
Bhowneesh Mendiratta (men's trap), reigning world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil (men's 10m air rifle) and Swapnil Kusale (men's 50m rifle 3 positions) won Olympic quotas for India at last year’s ISSF World Championships. However, an athlete can only secure one quota for his or her national team at qualifying events.
Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Rudrankksh Patil and Swapnil Kusale did not get selected in the Indian squad for the 2023 ISSF World Championships as it would give other shooters a chance to add to India’s quota allocation.
Each country is eligible to obtain a maximum of 24 quotas (12 for each gender). A total of 340 shooters (170 per gender) will compete at the Paris Olympics.
While all the finals of Olympic shooting events at the ISSF World Championships will be held from August 17 to 24, the competition for non-Olympic events will conclude on August 31.
Where to watch ISSF World Championships 2023 live in India
Live streaming of the ISSF World Championships 2023 Baku will be on ISSF’s YouTube channel. There will be no live telecast of the World Shooting Championships on any TV channel in India.
ISSF World Championships 2023: Indian shooting team (Olympic events)
Men
50m rifle 3 positions: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran, Niraj Kumar
10m air rifle: Divyansh Singh Panwar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Hriday Hazarika
25m rapid fire pistol: Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh
10m air pistol: Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, Arjun Singh Cheema
Trap: Kynan Chenai, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu
Skeet: Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Gurjoat Khangura, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka
Women
50m rifle 3 positions: Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik
10m air rifle: Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh, Tilottama Sen
25m pistol: Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh
10m air pistol: Divya TS, Esha Singh, Palak
Trap: Manisha Keer, Rajeshwari Kumari, Preeti Rajak
Skeet: Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshna Rathore
ISSF World Championships 2023 schedule for Olympic events finals
All times are India Standard Time (IST)
August 17, Thursday
Men’s 10m air pistol final - 2:15 PM
Women’s 10m air pistol final - 6:15 PM
August 18, Friday
10m air rifle mixed team final - 12:45 PM
10m air pistol mixed team final - 3:15 PM
Women’s skeet final - 6:45 PM
August 19, Saturday
Men’s 10m air rifle final - 2:15 PM
Men’s skeet final - 4:45 PM
Women’s 10m air rifle final - 7:30 PM
August 20, Sunday
25m pistol women final - 2:45 PM
Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final - 5:00 PM
Skeet mixed team final - 8:00 PM
August 21, Monday
Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions final - 7:15 PM
August 22, Tuesday
Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol final - 4:45 PM
August 24, Thursday
Women’s trap final - 6:30 PM
Men’s trap final - 7:45 PM