2012 OLYMPIC GAMES TEAM SELECTED
The Selection Committee, in its meeting held today, has selected the shooters listed below for London Olympic Games 2012. A total of 11 shooters would be participating in 9 events of Rifle/Pistol and Shotgun. It would be first time that a woman Trap shooter would participate in Olympic Games since the start of Quota system in 1988. It is also first time, that India is following the norm of “Quota belongs to Country and not to the person who won it”. Based on this principal, a Selection Policy was prepared in 2011. Shooters took part in various national and international competitions as prescribed in the Selection Policy and on the basis of calculations of various scores shooters have been selected. Hariom Singh who won the Quota in 50M Rifle Prone event could not be selected as he ranked 3rd in this event. Joydeep Karmakar, who is leading in this event, has been selected. Similarly, Imran Hasan Khan who won the Quota in 50M Rifle 3 Position is ranked 3rd in this event is not selected.
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