Indian trap shooters failed to qualify for the individual finals at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun competition held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from May 3 to May 12, 2025. Although they fared well in other shooting competitions during the course of the ISSF World Cup season, Indian shooters failed to qualify for the top positions in men's and women's trap and skeet at this shotgun-only event.
While India has been doing well overall in the ISSF World Cup series-third recently in the Lima Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun World Cup with seven medals consisting of Simranpreet Kaur Brar's silvers and decent performance by the likes of Manu Bhaker and Suruchi Singh-trap shooters could not emulate such success in Nicosia. Indian pairs in women's and men's trap mixed team events, such as Prithviraj Tondaiman/Pragati Dubey and Lakshay Sheoran/Neeru, were 8th and 12th respectively in qualifying rounds but did not qualify for medal rounds.
Absence of Indian shooters in individual trap finals in Nicosia indicates the challenge of shotgun events compared to rifle and pistol events where India has been recently successful. The team will look to refurbish and improve in preparation for future events, hoping to bank on the overall good ISSF season's performance to secure a place in the year-end World Cup Final in Doha, Qatar.
Briefly explain, Indian trap shooters fell short of individual final spots at the 2025 ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Nicosia, which is the need to further improve in this event even though India continues to find success elsewhere in shooting events.
