"VAN" (Sports Desk - 25.05.2026) :: A 22-member Indian team will take part in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Munich, Germany, from May 24-31, 2026, in what is traditionally billed as a blue-riband annual event in the sport. The NRAI selection committee announced a team were double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker and fellow Olympian and world championship medalist Esha Singh, will be the only members of the squad to start in two individual pistol events, while the former will additionally compete in the mixed team pistol event. The team has a healthy mix of experience and youth, but they will be up against it with the royalty of rifle and pistol shooting set to make their annual trip to Munich.
The first shots will be fired at the iconic Olympiaschießanlage in the German capital on Tuesday, 26th May with the 25m Pistol Women Precision Stage as the first event. Simultaneously the qualification round of 10m Air Pistol Men and the Elimination round of Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions will also commence followed by the qualification of 10m Air Rifle Men event. The first day will see two finals, 10m Air Pistol Men and 10m Air Rifle Men being held.
A huge 696 athletes from 80 countries have entered the fray for the Munich World Cup, including a galaxy of Olympic and World Champions, ready to test their competition readiness, their weapons and ammunitions and indeed their accuracy, against the best of the best, ahead of premiere multi-sport events and the Shooting World Championships later in the year.
This will be the year’s second Rifle/Pistol World Cup, with India having garnered one gold in the Granada World Cup, back in April. That team consisted of Shooters ranked between 3-6 in the domestic rankings. In Munich, the top ranked Indian Rifle and Pistol shooters are set to compete in a top international competition away from home, for the first time in the year.
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