<p align="justify" class="title">The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg confirmed on Friday that shooting, classified as an optional sport, would not feature in the 2022 edition at Birmingham.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The British city was chosen last December, replacing Durban in South Africa which was stripped of the event because it failed to meet promises made.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We know they (Birmingham organisers) considered all optional sports carefully, but a final decision was reached," Grevemberg wrote in an open letter to the editor of Britain's Shooting Times.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The CGF has awarded the Games supporting these plans and consequently shooting will not feature at the 2022 Commonwealth Games."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Grevemberg, an American former wrestler who was chief executive of the 2014 Glasgow Games, recognised that would be disappointing for those who practised and followed the sport.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He said the CGF president would meet shooting's world governing body, the ISSF, to discuss future plans.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It will be the first time since Edinburgh 1970 that shooting, which became an optional sport for host cities after 2014, has not featured at a Commonwealth Games.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">More than 27,000 people had signed a Shooting Times petition asking Grevemberg to ensure the sport was included.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The National Shooting Centre at Bisley in southern England hosted events for Manchester 2002 but Birmingham has said it wants a compact Games using existing venues chosen on accessibility.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Despite that, the track cycling events are set to be held in London.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Birmingham decision has also gone down badly in India. Shooting has provided more than a quarter of India's total Commonwealth Games medals.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg confirmed on Friday that shooting, classified as an optional sport, would not feature in the 2022 edition at Birmingham.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The British city was chosen last December, replacing Durban in South Africa which was stripped of the event because it failed to meet promises made.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We know they (Birmingham organisers) considered all optional sports carefully, but a final decision was reached," Grevemberg wrote in an open letter to the editor of Britain's Shooting Times.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The CGF has awarded the Games supporting these plans and consequently shooting will not feature at the 2022 Commonwealth Games."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Grevemberg, an American former wrestler who was chief executive of the 2014 Glasgow Games, recognised that would be disappointing for those who practised and followed the sport.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He said the CGF president would meet shooting's world governing body, the ISSF, to discuss future plans.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It will be the first time since Edinburgh 1970 that shooting, which became an optional sport for host cities after 2014, has not featured at a Commonwealth Games.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">More than 27,000 people had signed a Shooting Times petition asking Grevemberg to ensure the sport was included.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The National Shooting Centre at Bisley in southern England hosted events for Manchester 2002 but Birmingham has said it wants a compact Games using existing venues chosen on accessibility.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Despite that, the track cycling events are set to be held in London.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Birmingham decision has also gone down badly in India. Shooting has provided more than a quarter of India's total Commonwealth Games medals.</p>