Shooting, archery to be held in India
The Commonwealth Games Federation has included shooting in 2022 Commonwealth Games and brought back archery into the roster, even though both events will be held in India in January, 2022, six months before the Games will get underway in Birmingham. The shooting and archery events will be held in Chandigarh and Haryana.
The decision was made at an executive board meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation in London last week following a proposal from Commonwealth Games India. The Games' hosts, Birmingham, had earlier decided to drop shooting from the roster, resulting in a protest from India and Bangladesh. Archery was not in consideration in the 19-discipline roster, which will now feature 21 disciplines.
Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation and Bangladesh Archery Federation have been apprised of the latest developments and both federations expressed happiness.
Bangladesh won two silver medals in shooting events in the last edition of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Even though the country failed to win any medal in archery events in the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010, the only time they participated in the discipline, recent performances suggest they have bright prospects in archery events.
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