Raiza Dhillon and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka secured two more Paris 2024 Olympic quotas for India to stretch the total number to 19.
Raiza Dhillon and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka secured two more Paris 2024 Olympic quotas for India to stretch the total number to 19. Both Raiza and Anantjeet won silver medals in their respective skeet events at the Asia Olympic Qualification for Shotgun in Kuwait City on Saturday.
The Indian team took its tally to 19 Olympic quota places, as against a maximum possible 24. India is missing only one quota each in trap and skeet for men and women, apart from one in women’s air pistol. There is still scope to win them in the competition ahead, apart from the pathway of world rank.
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Dhillon earned the country’s 18th quota place by claiming the silver in the women’s skeet before Naruka finished second on the podium in the men’s skeet final with a total of 56, missing the gold by one point to Taipei’s Meng Yuan Lee. Mohammad Aldaihani won the bronze and the second quota on offer in the men’s final by shooting 47.
Dhillon, 19, looked to be on top of her game and led the six-women final till it reached the halfway stage, following which the Indian missed two-three targets to cede ground to China’s Jinmei Gao, who won the gold medal by shooting 56 targets in the 60-shot final.
Dhillon finished second with 52 hits. Both Gao and Dhillon secured a Paris Games quota each for their respective country. Dhillon’s compatriot Maheshwari Chauhan settled for the bronze with 43, while Ganemat Sekhon, the other Indian shooter in the final, ended in fourth position with 30.
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The entire Twitter community was overjoyed with jubilation as India claimed two more Olympic quotas to take the total tally to 19. Subsequently, it will also be the highest number of shooters who will be part of the Indian contingent at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Some of the best reactions were:
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