Shreyashi Singh joins Shooting squad for Paris Olympics 2024

Trap shooter Shreyashi Singh on Friday has been included in the 21-member Indian shooting team for Paria Olympics 2024 after the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) accepted NRAI's quota swap request.

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The Indian federation had requested the world body of shooting to change the quota.

The shooting team now has 8 members in rifle, 7 in pistol and 7 in shotgun. Including mixed events, the team will now have 27 players participating in the Paris Olympics 2024 starting in July.

One of Manu Baker's quota was shifted to Shreyashi

Manu Bhaker had topped both air pistol and sports pistol events, so one of her quota places was shifted to women's trap shooting, giving Shreyashi a place in the team.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inspired Shreyashi to choose shooting as career

Shreyashi Singh is active in politics. She is an MLA from Jamui Assembly seat of Bihar. Shreyasi will participate in the women's trap event along with 32-year-old shooter Rajeshwari Kumari. She has studied from Hansraj College, Delhi. When she was studying in 10th class, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who had won a silver medal in the Athens Olympics, inspired her to take up shooting as her career.

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Paris Olympics 2024: Indian Shooting Squad 

Rifle

• 10m air rifle (men): Sandeep Singh and Arjun Babuta
• 10m air rifle (women): Elavenil Valarivan and Ramita Jindal
• 50m rifle 3-positions (men): Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale
• 50m rifle 3-positions (women): Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil
• 10m air rifle mixed team: Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal

Pistol

• 10m air pistol (men): Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema
• 10m air pistol (women): Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan
• 25m rapid fire (men): Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu
• 25m pistol (women): Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh
• 10m air pistol mixed team: Sarabjot Singh/Manu Bhaker and Arjun Singh Cheema/Rhythm Sangwan

Shotgun

• Trap: Prithviraj Tondaiman, Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh
• Skeet: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Maheshwari Chauhan, and Raiza Dhillon
• Skeet mixed team: Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan