shooting from the roster and sought the governments approvalin its executive board meeting in june the cgf left out shooting from the 2022 birmingham games while recommending the inclusion of three new sportsthe decision to leave out shooting has dealt a big blow to india which had won as many as 16 medals out of 66 in the 2018 gold coast cwgthe sport has featured in every commonwealth games since 1966 with the exception of edinburgh 1970the cgf however had taken the position that it was the host nations prerogative to decide the fate of shooting which has always been an optional sport in the cwg