Maheshwari Chauhan, the 28-year-old medallist at the Asian Shotgun Championship, thinks a home World Cup final will give her an advantage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great honour and my first World Cup final as well so I am very excited to be shooting with the best. There\u2019s just one target this time \u2013 to be on the podium,\u201d Maheshwari was quoted as saying by SAI Media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI am practising harder,\u201d said Maheshwari, who in 2017 became the first Indian woman to win a medal in skeet at an international event in Astana, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Maheshwari said she will take the lessons from the Paris experience of competing in the mixed team bronze medal shoot-off. \u201cThe Olympic Games is a great learning experience. It taught me more than anything to trust myself and my process. It strengthened my resolve to take my Olympic journey ahead with the lessons I learned from Paris,\u201d she said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Together with Maheshwari, Anantjeet Naruka provided Indian shotgun shooting a watershed moment at the Paris Olympic Games finishing. A silver medallist in the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, Naruka also said he would trust the process. \u201cThe one thing I keep in mind is that I have to follow the process, take it step by step, and slowly climb the ladder,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 26-year-old Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) shooter who changed his weapon before the Olympic Games is confident of winning a medal in the World Cup final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt will be a good thing if I win a medal here. I want to make my country proud and I am pretty confident of clinching it this time,\u201d he said. \u201cI have changed my technique and working hard.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Indian shotgun shooting, which traces its roots back to the legendary Dr. Karni Singh, who competed in five Olympic Games between 1960 and 1980 and celebrates Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore\u2019s silver medal in 2004, saw an unprecedented six competitors line up in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, former National coach Vikram Singh Chopra applauded the efforts by the government to bolster India\u2019s sporting ecosystem through schemes like Khelo India and TOPS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Indian shotgun shooting, which traces its roots back to the legendary Dr. Karni Singh, who competed in five Olympic Games between 1960 and 1980 and celebrates Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore\u2019s silver medal in 2004, saw an unprecedented six competitors line up in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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