National games shooting

Air Rifle World Champion Rudrankksh: A total of 364 top shooters including Olympic medalists, World and Asian champions will represent 29 teams comprising states, Union Territories (UTs) and the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) at the 38th National Games Shooting competitions to be held in Dehradun (Rifle/Pistol) and Rudrapur (Shotgun) respectively from January 28 to February 13.

Punjab with 32 shooters and Haryana with 31 have fielded the largest contingents with SSCB (27) coming in next. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, besides the hosts Uttarakhand also have a competitive 20-shooters each.

Among the UTs, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu and Jammu and Kashmir have the largest nine-shooter contingents.