Billiards and Snooker Federation of India president S Balasubramaniam confirmed that five gold medals would be on offer at the Games. While the traditional 15-red snooker is open to both men and women, billiards will be restricted only to men and 6-red snooker will be a team event as well as an individual competition for women, the BSFI official said.
“Billiards and snooker were included as a medal sport when Goa was awarded the hosting rights of the 36th edition earlier,” Bala said. “Due to various reasons, the Games never happened, and it (cue sports) was out of the Games when Ahmedabad hosted it last year.”
“Due to the efforts of BSFI and our vice-president in Goa, Sunil Morajkar, with the Goa Olympic Association, we were able to get the sport included,” Bala said. “We got the confirmation nearly four months back, but we were deciding on the disciplines, format of play and other nitty-gritty.”
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