new delhi olympic bronzemedallist gagan narang says shootings ecosystem will take a hit if the issf athletes committees recommendation for mixedgender team events for future olympics starting with the 2020 edition in tokyo is ratified by the world bodyin a decision that evoked mixed response the issf athletes committee headed by indias lone individual olympic goldmedallist abhinav bindra recommended mixedgender team events for the olympic gamesthe panel has sought to replace the doubletrap mens event with a mixedgender trap event convert the 50m prone mens event into a mixedgender air rifle event and the 50m pistol mens event into a mixedgender air pistol eventnarang one of indias most versatile shooters said the ecosystem of shooting sport will take a hit with these three events going out of the olympic programthe ace shooter though promptly added but like many others i will also cross the bridge when we get to itunlike some of indias top pistol shooters narang is not deeply saddened but ready to embrace itwhen asked to elaborate on his statement that ecosystem of shooting will take a hit narang said prone is very popular across the world and suppose it is dropped so many shooters who are shooting prone only will be outhe felt the equipment manufacturing units will also be affectedweapon manufactures will stop producing weapons equipment required for 50m prone and 50m pistol eventsciting another example he said a 50m range that caters to three events now will cater to two only if 50m prone and pistol are droppedthe move follows the international olympic committees objective of international sport federations working towards a 50 per cent female representation at the games currently shooting has nine mens and six womens events at the olympicsthe 33yearold narang is currently not part of his pet event 10m air rifle in which he won the bronze medal at 2012 london olympics but he is determined to regain peak formit has been my bread and butter event ever since i started shooting several injuries had set me back i have had an issue with my heel during the rio olympic games that came in the way of shooting my best scores but i have recovered now changed my equipment found out the flaws and been able to plug the loopholes hopefully i shall be back to my best in the next few months narang saidfrom only prone at the moment he plans to gradually get back to shooting in other events narang will look to get his act right when the years first issf world cup begins in the capital on february 22 where there will be no dearth of crowd supporti am preparing to give my best shot for the world cup that said i shall only be shooting one event 50m prone position this will be a good chance for me to win a medal in front of the home crowd narang saidi will be competing in one event for now prone at the