The Indian men’s and women’s skeet shooting teams picked up bronze medals in the ongoing Asian Games 2026 in Nagoya on Wednesday (September 23).
After three days of qualification rounds, the Indian trio of Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal finished with a combined score of 331 to finish third behind gold medallists China (357) and Kazakhstan (336) in the women’s team event. It was the first-ever Asian Games medal in the women’s team skeet event for India.
Raiza and Parinaaz also made the individual finals but could not fetch a podium finish. While Raiza ended fourth after firing a score of 23, Parinaaz finished bottom of the heap with a total of 8.
Men score 346
In the men’s competition, Anantjeet Singh Naruka (119), veteran Mairaj Ahmad Khan (116) and Bhavtegh Singh Gill (111) snared the team bronze with a total score of 346.
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Of the three, Asian Championships gold-medallist Anantjeet, who was also a silver-winner at the Games’ previous edition, qualified for the individual final but could not fetch a medal.
Anantjeet fired 25 in the final, paying heavily for a couple of missed shots in the first series.
PM congratulates shooters
Earlier, Parinaaz and Raiza both collected 111 points out of a possible 125, while Maheshwari logged 109 points in the women’s team event.
“Congratulations to Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon on winning the Bronze Medal in the Women’s Skeet Team event. Their focus, precision and teamwork have brought another proud moment for Indian sports. Best wishes to them for their upcoming endeavours,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his congratulatory message for the women’s team
The skeet event has each shooter trying to get the maximum of 125 allocated points.
(With agency inputs)