Tokyo Games: In A First, Individual Shooting Events At Olympics Draw More Female Entries | Olympics News
The number of women participants will, for the first time ever, exceed the total strength of their male counterparts in the individual shooting events of the Olympic Games. Because of double starters, the number of registered entries in individual women’s events exceeds for the first time the number of expected participants in individual men’s events — 239 and 208 respectively. Overall, India’s 15-member Olympic-bound shooting squad is among 356 athletes from as many as 100 countries competing for glory in Tokyo, with the women’s 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol events drawing maximum participants.
The Olympics are scheduled to be held in the Japanese capital from July 23 to August 8, with the shooting events starting a day after the opening ceremony and covering the first 10 days of the extravaganza, which will be held without spectators owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“356 athletes representing 100 NOC (National Olympic Committee) from five continents are entered to take part in the shooting sport competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,” the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) said in a statement.
The largest number of participants is expected in 10m air pistol women and 10m air rifle women events — 53 and 49 respectively.
In the men’s events the largest number of participants will be in the 10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3 positions — 47 and 39 respectively.
