ORGANISED BY: National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)

DESCRIPTION:
*     Top Indian rifle and pistol shooters will be seen in action at the National Selection Trials 3 (Group A), scheduled at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting range in Delhi from 6 to 10 March 2026.
*     Almost all top shooters of the country will be competing in 10 events, which include all the eight Olympic events plus the rifle prone competitions for men and women.
*     Rifle/Pistol Selection Trials 3 and 4 for Group B athletes will also be conducted at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal from  6 to 22 March 2026.
*     After the completion of the selection trials, the national squad athletes will start their coaching camp in New Delhi from 10-21 March 2026.
*     The national squad camp will be followed by the pre-event camp prior to the ISSF World Cup Shotgun, the first World Cup of the calendar year, which will be held in Tangier, Morocco from 21 March to 3 April 2026.
*     The new Olympic cycle leading up to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics begins this year, with the first quota places set to be decided at the ISSF World Championship Doha 2026 in October–November.
*     The season will also feature the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
*     Shriyanka Sadangi is the only shooter from Odisha to have been selected in the National squad 2026
*     She has been chosen for womens 50m rifle-3 position.