Nagoya: India secured its sixth shooting medal at the Asian Games as the women’s skeet team comprising Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won a bronze with a combined score of 331 here on Wednesday.
The skeet event has each shooter trying to get the maximum of 125 allocated points. Parinaaz and Raiza both collected 111 points out of a possible 125, while Maheshwari logged home 109 to clinch another podium finish.
India now has four silver and two bronze medals from the range.
Raiza and Parinaaz also qualified for the individual final, but failed to medal. Raiza finished fourth with 23 points, just behind Thailand’s Isarapa Imprasertsuk who went on to score 28 to bag bronze. Parinaaz finished eighth with eight points.
Meanwhile, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka was the only Indian shooter to make the men’s skeet final.
In the women’s 10m air pistol, Manu was the sole Indian to progress to the eight-shooter final. Esha Singh finished 15th in qualification, while Suruchi Singh was 26th.
South Korea’s Gaeun Choo claimed the gold medal with a Games Record score of 246.3. China’s Yiyao took silver with 241.3, while her compatriot Ranxin Jiang secured bronze.
Manu’s medal hopes ended in the final after a poor shot saw her eliminated. She finished with a score of 181.1.
