Archive · 24 Sep 2026
India’s Skeet Shooters Complete Historic Asian Games Bronze Sweep
India’s skeet shooters won three bronze medals at the Asian Games.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won bronze in the mixed-team event.
They hit 44 targets in the final.
China won gold with 52 hits, and South Korea won silver with 51.
India also won bronze in both the men’s and women’s team events.
This was India’s first Asian Games medal in mixed-team skeet.
The medal came despite strong winds and a difficult final.
India’s pistol shooters had a tougher day and did not win a medal.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won India’s first Asian Games mixed-team skeet medal with 44 hits.
China won mixed-team gold with 52 hits, while South Korea took silver with 51; India placed third after a qualification-rank tiebreak.
India’s men’s and women’s skeet teams also won bronze medals on Wednesday.
The women’s team of Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan scored 331, while the men’s team scored 346.
India’s pistol campaign disappointed, with Manu Bhaker finishing fifth in the women’s event and no Indian men’s 10m air-pistol shooter reaching the final.
- Who
- Indian skeet shooters Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Bhavtegh Singh Gill.
- What
- India won bronze medals in the mixed-team, men’s team and women’s team skeet events.
- When
- The team medals were won on Wednesday, followed by the mixed-team medal on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
- Where
- The shooting range in Nagoya at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Why
- India’s shooters finished third in their respective events based on their scores and final-round results.
- Mixed-team result
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won bronze with 44 hits.
- Mixed-team qualification
- India entered the final in fourth place after scoring 138.
- Mixed-team podium
- China won with 52 hits, South Korea had 51, and India finished with 44.
- Women’s team score
- Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan scored 331 out of 375.
- Men’s team score
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Bhavtegh Singh Gill scored 346.
- Women’s team standings
- China won with 357, while Kazakhstan took silver with 336.
- Men’s team standings
- Qatar won with 353, while Kuwait took silver with 348.
- Pistol results
- Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women’s 10m air-pistol event, while India’s men’s team failed to place a shooter in the final.
Sources
Skeet teams to the rescue as India wins two bronze medals in Asian Games shooting
Anantjeet-Parinaaz Create History! India Win Asian Games Bronze In Mixed Team Skeet Event
Anantjeet-Parinaaz clinch historic skeet mixed-team bronze for India
