Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Maheshwari Chauhan Turns Paris Olympic Lessons Into Asian Games Drive
Maheshwari Chauhan is a sportsperson from India who does shooting, a sport where people use guns to hit tiny flying targets.
In her event, called skeet, the targets are clay discs that get thrown high into the air.
Maheshwari went to the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 with her teammate Anantjeet Singh Naruka.
They almost won a medal, but they came in fourth place, just one point away from the bronze.
Even without a medal, they made history as the first Indian pair to reach the final of an Olympic skeet event.
Maheshwari says the Olympics made her more confident and motivated.
Now she is getting ready for the Asian Games, a big sports event that will take place in Japan.
She is practicing in New Delhi with eleven other shooters in a special training camp.
Her plan is to enjoy herself, stay focused, and use what she learned in Paris to do her best.
Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka finished fourth in the mixed team skeet event at the Paris Olympics, missing bronze by one point.
The pair became the first Indian duo to reach the final of an Olympic skeet competition.
Chauhan is training at an Asian Games preparatory camp for 12 trap and skeet shooters in New Delhi.
The camp, sanctioned and financially supported by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), runs until August 18.
Chauhan says she will apply lessons from Paris and keep the same approach at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Who
- Maheshwari Chauhan, a 30-year-old skeet shooter from Rajasthan, and her mixed team partner Anantjeet Singh Naruka, along with 12 shooters in the SAI-sanctioned camp.
- What
- Chauhan finished fourth in the mixed team skeet event at the Paris Olympics and is now preparing for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- When
- After the Paris Olympics 2024; the preparatory camp at the Karni Singh Shooting Range runs until August 18.
- Where
- Paris, France (Olympics); Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi (camp); Aichi-Nagoya, Japan (Asian Games).
- Why
- To apply lessons from her Olympic near-miss and turn her boosted confidence into success at the Asian Games.
- Athlete
- Maheshwari Chauhan, 30-year-old skeet shooter from Rajasthan
- Olympic result
- Fourth place in mixed team skeet, one point shy of bronze
- Partner
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka
- Milestone
- First Indian pair to reach an Olympic skeet final
- Next target
- 2026 Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan
- Preparatory camp
- Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi, until August 18
- Camp participants
- 12 shooters (6 skeet, 6 trap)
- Camp support
- Sports Authority of India (SAI) financial support to NRAI
