FILE PHOTO: Shooting - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions - Finals - Belmont Shooting Centre - Brisbane, Australia - April 13, 2018. Tejaswini Sawant of India. REUTERS/Eddie Safarik
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The likelihood of India boycotting the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham due to the absence of shooting as a medal sport appears to be fading, a senior official said on Thursday.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has threatened to boycott the Games as shooting -- which supplied 16 of their 66 medals, including seven golds, at last year's Gold Coast Games -- was dropped from the Birmingham programme as it is an optional sport for host cities.
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