Archive · 24 Sep 2026
India Misses Pistol Medal as Skeet Pair Reach Final
India had mixed results in shooting at the Asian Games on Thursday.
Its men’s air pistol team finished fourth, so it did not win a medal.
Different reports gave India’s team score as 1727 or 1730.
China won gold, Indonesia won silver, and Japan won bronze.
None of India’s three pistol shooters reached the individual final.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal did better in mixed skeet.
They finished fourth in qualifying and reached the final.
Both shooters had already helped India win bronze medals in team skeet events.
India’s men’s 10m air pistol team finished fourth and missed the bronze medal, with reports listing its score as either 1727 or 1730.
Kamaljeet, Aakash Bhardwaj and Kedarling Uchaganve did not qualify for the individual 10m air pistol final.
China won gold and Indonesia silver with 1743 points, while Japan secured bronze with 1730.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal qualified fourth for the mixed skeet final with 138 points.
The pair had won bronze medals in their respective men’s and women’s skeet team events on Wednesday.
- Who
- Indian shooters, including Kamaljeet, Aakash Bhardwaj, Kedarling Uchaganve, Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal.
- What
- India missed a medal in the men’s 10m air pistol team event, while its mixed skeet pair qualified for the final.
- When
- Thursday at the Asian Games; the team skeet bronze medals were won on Wednesday.
- Where
- Nagoya.
- Why
- The pistol team finished fourth, while Naruka and Dhaliwal advanced by placing fourth in mixed skeet qualifying with 138 points.
- Pistol team result
- India finished fourth and missed bronze.
- Reported Indian score
- Two reports gave 1727 points with 53 inner 10s; another reported 1730.
- Individual pistol standings
- Kamaljeet finished ninth with 580, Aakash Bhardwaj 11th with 579, and Kedarling Uchaganve 35th with 568.
- Medal standings
- China won gold and Indonesia silver with 1743; Japan won bronze with 1730.
- Mixed skeet result
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal qualified fourth with 138.
- Mixed skeet leaders
- Qatar topped qualifying, followed by South Korea and China.
- Earlier Indian shooting medals
- India had won silver in the women’s and men’s 10m air rifle team events, plus individual silver medals for Elavenil Valarivan and Himanshu Dhillon and a bronze for Rudrankksh Patil.
