New Delhi: Today is the fifth day of Nagoya Asian Games 2026 and Indian players are bringing glory to the country by continuously winning medals. India got another good news from the shooting field on Thursday, when the pair of Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anantjit Singh Naruka won the bronze medal in the mixed skeet team event.
In fact, this pair, which finished fourth in the qualification round, has made a strong comeback in the finals. In this exciting match of six series, Indian shooters continued to score well and collected a total of 44 points and secured the third position. The gold medal went to China while South Korea managed to win silver. Gold medal was expected from this pair, but in the end they had to be satisfied with bronze.
This is the second medal for both
The thing to note is that for both Parinaaz and Ananthjit, this proved to be the second medal of these games. Earlier, Anantjit, along with Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmed Khan, had won bronze in the men's skeet team event, where the Indian team had scored 346 points. Parinaaz along with Razia Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan had won the bronze medal in the women's skeet team event with 331 points.
India's total medals are 15
After this victory, India's total medal count in the Nagoya Asian Games has reached 15. This was India's third medal on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the rowing team had won the bronze medal, while in Wushu, Roshibina Devi caught everyone's attention by winning the silver medal, even though gold was expected from her. Apart from this, the Indian men's Kabaddi team has also been successful in making it to the semi-finals, thereby raising hopes of another medal.
Overall, this time shooting has emerged as the most reliable sport for the Indian team, from where medals are coming continuously. More excellent performance is being expected from the Indian players in the coming days.