ISSF World Championship 2026: All you need to know, India squad and LA28 quota details, schedule, live streaming

File photo: Manu Bhaker, who will compete in both the 10m air pistol and 25m pistol, headlines India’s squad at the ISSF World Championship 2026 in Doha | Photo Credit: PTI

India has sent 54 shooters to the ISSF World Championship 2026 in Doha, Qatar, with two-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker leading the challenge. The event brings together over 1,000 shooters from 90 NOCs, plus neutral athletes.

The championship, which gets underway from November 3, is the biggest qualification opportunity of the LA28 cycle for shooting.

Three quota places are available in each of the 12 individual Olympic events, 36 in all. India has 35 shooters in these events, while the other 19 compete in non-Olympic events.

The quota places go to the country, and athletes final participation at LA28 depends on selections by the National Olympic Committees of each nation.

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Neeru Dhanda arrives in top form after two golds and a silver in trap at the Asian Games. Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet Sohlot won mixed 10m air pistol gold there, while Elavenil Valarivan and Himanshu Dhillon took rifle silver.

Manu Bhaker is doubling up in the women’s 10m air pistol and 25m pistol. She will look to bounce back after missing out on a medal at the Asian Games. Paris 2024 bronze medallist Swapnil Kusale is entered only in the non-Olympic men’s 50m rifle prone, and Sarabjot Singh was not selected.

INDIA SQUAD-OLYMPIC EVENTS

Men’s 10m air rifle: Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Paarth Makhija

Women’s 10m air rifle: Shambhavi Kshirsagar, Sonam Maskar, Elavenil Valarivan

Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions: Niraj Kumar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran

Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions: Vidarsa K Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Anjum Moudgil

Men’s 10m air pistol: Ravin Kumar, Jaypal Malviya, Kamaljeet Sohlot

Women’s 10m air pistol: Sainyam Vij, Suruchi Singh, Manu Bhaker

Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Suraj Sharma, Gurpreet Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat

Women’s 25m pistol: Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Divya TS

Men’s skeet: Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka

Women’s skeet: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Ganemat Sekhon, Raiza Dhillon

Men’s trap: Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Vivaan Kapoor, Udaivir Singh Jaijee

Women’s trap: Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Pragati Dubey

MIXED TEAMS

10m air rifle: Parth Mane/Shambhavi Kshirsagar, Himanshu Dhillon/Sonam Maskar

10m air pistol: Ravin Kumar/Sainyam Vij, Jaypal Malviya/Suruchi Singh

Skeet: Mairaj Ahmad Khan/Raiza Dhillon, Bhavtegh Singh Gill/Ganemat Sekhon

Trap: Zoravar Singh Sandhu/Neeru Dhanda, Vivaan Kapoor/Manisha Keer

NON-OLYMPIC EVENTS

Men’s 50m rifle prone: Sidharth Gaur, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran

Women’s 50m rifle prone: Ayushi Podder, Priya Singh, Sift Kaur Samra

Men’s 50m pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary, Amanpreet Singh, Ravinder Singh

Women’s 50m pistol: Aishwarya Balehosur, Parisha Gupta

Men’s 25m centre fire pistol: Amanpreet Singh, Ankur Goel, Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu

Men’s 25m standard pistol: Harsh Gupta, Jatin, Udit Joshi

Women’s 25m standard pistol: Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Manvi Jain, Niveditha Nair

SCHEDULE - FINALS (IST):

November 3: Men’s 10m air rifle, 5:00 PM; Women’s 10m air rifle, 9:00 PM

November 4: 10m air rifle mixed team, 4:00 PM; Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol, 6:30 PM

November 5: Women’s 10m air pistol, 5:00 PM; Men’s 10m air pistol, 9:00 PM

November 6: Women’s skeet, 4:00 PM; Men’s skeet, 5:30 PM; 10m air pistol mixed team, 9:00 PM

November 7: Skeet mixed team, 5:30 PM

November 9: Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions, 3:30 PM

November 10: Women’s 25m pistol, 4:30 PM

November 11: Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions, 3:30 PM

November 12: Women’s trap, 4:00 PM; Men’s trap, 5:30 PM

November 13: Trap mixed team, 5:30 PM

Where to watch ?

The ISSF World Championship 2026 will be streamed live in India on the ISSF YouTube channel, but it will not be shown live on any Indian TV channel.