One point short in 2018, Ahvar Rizvi gets his Asian Games chance eight years later
One point short of India’s 2018 Asian Games selection, Trap shooter Ahvar Rizvi spent the next seven years rebuilding his career after Double Trap was removed from the international programme. The 2018 junior world champion struggled with the transition, briefly quit shooting and later competed with teammate Lakshya Sheoran’s gun. Now, Rizvi has made his first Asian Games team and is preparing to…
Ahvar Rizvi missed India's 2018 Asian Games selection by just one point in double trap shooting. He had been a promising young shooter in the event and won the junior double trap title at the World Championships in Changwon that year. However, Rizvi was disappointed as the Asian Games slot went to someone else. The removal of double trap from the international programme left him without a competition once every four years, causing him to shift to trap in 2019.
Struggling with the new event and the lack of a personal trap gun, Rizvi took seven or eight years to finally secure a spot in India's 2026 men's trap squad alongside Kynan Chenai and Shapath Bharadwaj. On this occasion, he is preparing for his first appearance at the Asian Games as a member of the trap team.
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