DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Performance of Indian shooters in international tournaments has drawn the attention of the world towards the excellent talent that India possesses in the shooting arena. During the last 18-20 years, India has won many medals in Olympic Games, World Championships, Asian and Commonwealth Games in shooting. Punjab will lead the country in this sport which is progressing rapidly. India will show better performance in Paris Olympic Games in 2024. This was stated by Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, while addressing the felicitation ceremony of the shooters here late last evening. The occasion was the celebration of World No. 1 ranking of shooter Anjum Moudgil, organized by Ankush Bharadwaj Sports Foundation in collaboration with Ambika Group. The Sports Minister honoured Anjum Moudgil, Gauri, Ajitesh Kaushal, Vijayveer Sidhu, Udevir Sidhu, Vishwajit Singh, Sifat Kaur, Unish, Shikha Chaudhary, Naina Verma, Somil Chaudhary, Divesh Verma, Devansh and Manraj and coach Deepali Deshpande along with Parveen Verma, Sumeet Soni, Amit Sood, Sajan Sharma, Ashwani Sharma. Meet Hayer said that the impact of Indian shooting is such that India's medal tally in the recent Commonwealth Games held at Birmingham would have been much better had shooting not been excluded. (editor@dailyworld.in)