Ex-shooters disappointed over sport being dropped from CWG

Former shooters Suma Shirur and Deepali Deshpande are unhappy over the sport being left out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, but at the same time feel India has gone beyond that level and is ruling the game on the world map.

The Executive Board of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) recently met and approved the inclusion of women's cricket, beach volleyball and para table tennis into the games programme for the Birmingham edition in 2022.

However, shooting has been left out,dealing a big blow to India which won as many as 16 medals, including seven gold, at the 2018 edition in Gold Coast.

"Of course it is very disappointing, specially because Indian shooting was doing very well at the Commonwealth (Games). India stood out on the world map specially due to shooting in the Commonwealth Games," Shirur told PTI.

"I am extremely disappointed. It deprives chances to young shooters to win a couple more medals at the international level, (as) now CWG Games has become a ...