How India was preparing to host shooting competition ahead of Birmingham 2022
The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham in 2022. But the Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships would have been held in a separate event in Chandigarh, in northern India, in January next year.
But on July 2nd 2021, it was announced that India's Archery and Shooting Championships were being cancelled.
Organisers said it came after "careful consideration of several factors, including the continued uncertainty created by the Covid pandemic."
ITV News filmed at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup in Delhi, to find out how athletes felt about previously being exluded after shooting was left off the event list.
When the announcement was made, India threatened to boycott the entire games.
Team England's Amber Hill told us,
"It's a lovely place and I was really blown away by how amazing the shooting ranges are. It was definitely better than what I was expecting so, yeah, it's just been a great first impression."
Steven Seligman, the Team Leader for British Shooting, added that, "It's just important that it continues to stay within the Commonwealth movement."
Although shooting is not a compulsory Commonwealth Games sport, it has been part of every Games but one, since the 1966 Games in Jamaica.
The Commonweath Games Federation has hinted that in the future, cities could co-host the Games, meaning events could take place in locations scattered around the world, best suited to the sports facilities of different countries.