Raninder terms CWG shooting, archery c'ships "path breaking", admits proposal "against the grain"

NRAI President Raninder Singh on Monday described the Commonwealth Games Federation's decision to add the medals won in the shooting and archery championships in India to the tally of 2022 Birmingham Games as "pathbreaking" but also admitted that the proposal was "against the grain".

After its Executive Board meeting in London, the CGF decided that India will host the Commonwealth shooting and archery championships in Chandigarh in January 2022 and the medals from these two events will be counted in the overall tally of the Birmingham CWG.

However, the medals will be added to the final tally one week after the conclusion of the 2022 Birmingham Games.

"This is a path breaking and innovative ... unique and unprecedented development, that augers so well for the future of the commonwealth sporting movement," Raninder, who was behind the idea of holding the shooting championships, said in a series of tweets.

"This is truly a game changing methodology to hosting a prestigious multi sport ...