Chandigarh: The increase in Covid-19 cases in this country and the third gloomy estimate of the third wave has led to the cancellation of the Archery Championship and the Commonwealth shooting scheduled to be held here before 2022 Birmingham Games.
The decision was taken on Friday by the Commonwealth Games India (CGI) Executive Board with the support of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
“We were disappointed because the Archery Championship and the Commonwealth 2022 shooting would no longer occur; However, this is the right decision to take the current climate,” according to President CGF Dame Louise Martin DBE.
“Apart from this news, there are many main learning that will benefit our sustainable work when we see to innovate and create a new sports property.
Chandigarh 2022 concept has identified interesting opportunities regarding the possibility of co-hosting in the future we must explore,” Add the former Scottish athlete.
“We are looking forward to welcoming the Indian team to Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games,” he said further.
The two events were scheduled to be held here in January 2022 while the Commonwealth Games Birmingham from July 27 to August 7 next year.
Shooting and archery is one of the various disciplines that are included in the optional category in the Commonwealth game, which has 10 core sports.
Therefore, it is the prerogative of the host country to choose several optional disciplines, and in 2019, Birmingham organizers 2022 CWG quoted that the closest shooting reach was 210 km while dropping sports from the tournament.
Considered as one of the strongest medals of Indian amplifier, the absence of shooting from the list, creating a commotion, forcing the Indian Olympic Association to threaten the boycott CWG 2022.
IOA, later, pulling his call after a meeting with Martin and former CGF CEO David Grevemberg.
However, IOA has proposed to host the Commonwealth Championships in shooting, and in archery, in 2022 with the conditions given by medals in these two events it will be added to the final calculation of participating countries for CWG 2022.
While the cost for the shooting championship It must be fulfilled mostly by the Association of Rifle National India (NRAI), the archery event should be funded solely by the Indian government.
But with IOA failed to ratify the title of championship hosting until last month, because the second wave of the ongoing pandemic had contributed nearly 4 lakh death, the incident finally sneaked out of the hand of Chandigarh.