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Indian Pair Wins Historic Asian Games Skeet Mixed Bronze
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal are Indian skeet shooters.
They competed together in the mixed team event at the Asian Games.
They started poorly but did not give up.
They encouraged each other to keep trying until the final target.
Their scores improved in the next two rounds.
This helped them reach the four-team final.
They won a bronze medal, the first of its kind for India in this event.
Both shooters now have two medals at these Games.
Naruka will next prepare for the World Championships in Doha.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won India’s first Asian Games skeet mixed team bronze.
The pair recovered from a 44/50 opening qualification score by hitting 47 targets in each of the next two rounds.
Their qualification total of 138 secured a place in the four-team final.
Naruka and Dhaliwal credited mutual support, persistence, coaches and their shared shooting rhythm for the comeback.
The medal gave both shooters two medals at the Games and brought India’s skeet tally to three medals.
- Who
- Indian shooters Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal.
- What
- They won India’s first-ever Asian Games bronze medal in the skeet mixed team event.
- Where
- At the Asian Games shooting competition; the articles do not specify the venue.
- When
- Thursday, during the current Asian Games.
- Why
- They overcame a poor opening round through persistence, mutual support and improved shooting.
Key facts
- Medal
- Bronze in the skeet mixed team event
- Historical significance
- India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in this event
- Opening qualification score
- 44/50
- Later qualification rounds
- 47 targets in the second round and 47 in the third
- Qualification total
- 138, securing a place in the four-team final
- Individual medal totals
- Naruka and Dhaliwal each won two medals at the Games
- Next assignment
- Naruka is scheduled to compete at the World Championships in Doha
Quotes
Anantjeet Singh Naruka
Indian skeet shooter and mixed-team bronze medalist
“We had a difficult start. Both of us didn't shoot well in the first round and then we just told each other that we can still get it. We have two more rounds to go and we will fight till the last target”
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“I think this one (Asian Games), because at the Olympics you are coming fourth but if you are not standing on the podium, it doesn't matter. Today we fought, we fought well and we got the bronze”
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Parinaaz Dhaliwal
Indian skeet shooter and mixed-team bronze medalist
“It was just about fighting till the very end. We were like, 'Let's just give it our all and then we'll see what happens after the third round,' and that's what we did”
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Sources
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