The Vice President of the Federation of Women Shooters said: “The problem of transporting weapons from Delhi to Bhopal is not only for Iranian shooters and this problem exists for several other countries as well.”
He also said about sending the national shooting team to the World Cup of India: efforts are being made to send the national team to this competition. Shooters have no problem till Delhi. There is a problem of carrying weapons from Delhi to the city where the competition takes place. It means that Indian Airlines does not allow weapons to be carried on the flight from Delhi to Bhopal.
We are following up from the side of the embassy, the world federation and the country of India and we hope that this problem will be solved. All the conditions are available and we hope that the national team can participate in these competitions.
In response to the question whether this problem is only for the Iranian national team, he said: As far as I asked the director of national teams and international relations, it seems that this problem exists for several other countries and they are all investigating to solve it. are. We have to see if it is possible to travel by land to the competition ground or not.
He further added: 10 people will be sent to this tournament, 5 women and 5 men will be sent. The dispatch time is supposed to be 26 March.
According to Isna, the third edition of the Shooting World Cup will be hosted by India from March 29 to April 11. Javad Foroughi, Mohammad Rasool Efti, Vahid Golkhandan, Haniyeh Rostamian and Golnoush Sebagtollahi in the pistol section, Elaha Ahmadi, Najmeh Khemti, Fatemeh Amini, Pouria Norouzian and Amir Mohammad Nekonam in the rifle section are among the participants in this competition.
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