India win bronze in women’s skeet team event at Asian Games | Asian Games 2026 News

India win bronze in women’s skeet team event at Asian Games | Asian Games 2026 News


India win bronze in women’s skeet team event at Asian Games
Raiza Dhillon of India (AP)

India’s women’s skeet team of Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal clinched the bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, finishing with a combined score of 331.Raiza and Parinaaz both shot 111 out of a possible 125, while Maheshwari contributed 109 as the Indian trio secured a podium finish. China won gold with 346 points, while Kazakhstan took silver.Asian Games Full Coverage | Schedule | Medal TallyThe bronze medal takes India’s shooting tally at the Asian Games to six, with four silver and two bronze medals.Earlier in the day, double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker qualified for the women’s 10m air pistol final after finishing third in qualification with a score of 579-20x. However, India narrowly missed out on another medal in the team final, with Esha Singh, Bhaker and Suruchi finishing behind bronze medallists Vietnam by two inner-10s.India had won a record 22 shooting medals at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, including seven gold, nine silver and six bronze.Elsewhere, Jay Meena scripted history by securing India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis. Meena produced a sensational comeback against Sherwin Nuguit in the quarter-final, overturning a 3-5 deficit in the deciding game to win 4-3. He will face either Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka or Chinese Taipei’s Yu-sung Chang in the semi-final.



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