Lucknow, May 20 -- Uttar Pradesh has produced several notable trap shooters who have represented India at international and national levels such as Seema Tomar, Shardul Vihan, Zuhair Khan and Sabeera Haris.

The latest addition to the list is Meerut's Shapath Bharadwaj, who will be representing a six-member Indian trap shooting contingent for the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya this September-October.

Bharadwaj, who grew up watching a culture of shooting in western Uttar Pradesh, was quick to learn the sport at an early age and first burst onto the national scene in 2017 as a 14-year-old.

He became the youngest shooter to make India's World Cup team, earning a place in the senior double-trap squad and briefly occupying the world No.16 ranki...