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Indian shooting at Paris Olympics 2024: Venue, start and end dates, Indian contingent size

A 21-member shooting contingent is all set to represent India in the Paris Olympics 2024, set to take place from July 26 to August 11. For the first time, India have secured a quota in every Olympic shooting discipline.

There are eight shooters in the rifle discipline and seven in pistol, while the shotgun team consists of six members.

Manu Bhaker, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Anjum Moudgil, and Elavenil Valarivan will be making their second Olympic appearances while the other 11 rifle and pistol shooters are set to make their debuts in the Games. All shotgun members will be making their first appearances in the global event.

The Tokyo Olympics saw the 15-member shooting team return with no medals for the country. Apart from pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary, none of the athletes advanced to the final events.


Shooting venues for Paris Olympics 2024

The Chateauroux Shooting Centre will host all the shooting events at the Paris Olympics 2024. The venue is located about two hours from Paris and was inaugurated by the French Shooting Federation in 2018.

After the completion of the construction of the finals building in 2022, the venue can now host international pistol and rifle finals.


Shooting schedule in Paris Olympics 2024

The shooting events at the Games are set to take place from July 27 to August 5.

Men's, Women's, and Mixed Air Rifle: Saturday, July 27 to Monday, July 29

Men's, Women's, and Mixed Air Pistol: Sunday, July 28 to Tuesday, July 30

Men's and Women's Trap: Tuesday, July 30 to Wednesday, July 31

Men's and Women's Rifle 3: Thursday, August 1 to Friday, August 2

Men's and Women's Pistol: Saturday, August 3 to Monday, August 5

Men's, Women's, and Mixed Skeet: Saturday, August 3 to Monday, August 5


Indian Shooting contingent size for Paris Olympics 2024

A total of 21 Indian athletes will represent the Indian shooting contingent in the Games.

Rifle

Men’s 10m air rifle: Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta

Women’s 10m air rifle: Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita Jindal

Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions: Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil

Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale

10m air rifle mixed team: Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal

Pistol

Men’s 10m air pistol: Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Cheema

Women’s 10m air pistol: Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan

Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu

Women’s 25m pistol: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh

10m air pistol mixed team: Sarabjot Singh/Manu Bhaker, Arjun Singh Cheema/Rhythm Sangwan

Shotgun

Men’s trap: Prithviraj Tondaiman

Women’s trap: Rajeshwari Kumari, Shreyasi Singh

Men’s skeet: Anantjeet Singh Naruka

Women’s skeet: Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon

Skeet mixed team: Anantjeet Singh Naruka/Maheshwari Chauhan

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