In the world of sport, everyone is equal. There is no discrimination. This was evident when India’s women’s trap team, comprising three athletes from different economic stratas of society, stood shoulder-to-shoulder atop the victory podium at the Fuyang Yinshi Sports Centre.

Madhya Pradesh’s Manisha Keer, 24, the daughter of a fisherman, comes from the most humble of backgrounds, having helped her father catch and sell fish in Bhopal markets. MP’s Preeti Rajak, 20, belongs to India’s burgeoning middle-class with her father running a dry-cleaning shop in Itarsi. And last, but by no means least, is Rajeshwari Kumari, 31, who hails from Patiala’s royal family and is the daughter of Olympic Council of Asia’s Acting President Raja Randhir Singh.