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Indian Women Win First Asian Games Skeet Team Medal
Three Indian women won a bronze medal in team skeet shooting at the Asian Games.
Their names are Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan.
All three became interested in guns after seeing firearms kept by relatives.
They trained for years and competed together.
India scored 331 points in the team event.
China won gold and Kazakhstan won silver.
None of the Indian women won an individual medal.
Their coach said the team medal was historic and could help them perform even better in the future.
Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan won India’s first women’s skeet team medal at the Asian Games.
India scored 331 points for bronze, behind China’s 357 and Kazakhstan’s 336.
Dhillon finished eighth individually, Dhaliwal ninth and Chauhan twelfth; none reached the individual final.
The three athletes were introduced to guns through firearms kept by their grandfathers and families.
Coach Riccardo Filippelli praised the historic medal but said he expected better individual performances from his finalists.
- Who
- Indian shooters Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan.
- What
- They won a bronze medal in the women’s skeet team event.
- Where
- The Asian Games skeet competition.
- When
- Tuesday.
- Why
- Their combined score of 331 placed India third, earning the country its first women’s skeet team medal at the Asian Games.
Key facts
- Medal
- Bronze
- Indian team score
- 331
- Gold-medal team
- China, 357 points
- Silver-medal team
- Kazakhstan, 336 points
- Individual results
- Dhillon eighth, Dhaliwal ninth and Chauhan twelfth
- Individual finals
- None of the three Indian athletes made the individual final
- Historical significance
- India’s first women’s skeet team medal at the Asian Games
Quotes
Ravijit Singh Dhillon
Raiza Dhillon’s father
“This is certainly a historic medal that I’m very proud of. Two shooters in the final is a great thing, but honestly, knowing my two girls, I would have expected a medal.”
indianexpress.com
“When she returns, she will place this medal in the cabinet with all the heirloom guns of the family”
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Sources
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