India’s shooting medal count reached 7 at the Asian Games 2026 after a bronze in the women’s skeet team event.
Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan won the medal on September 23 with a combined 331 points.
China took gold with 346, and Kazakhstan won silver.
India’s earlier shooting medals came in the 10m air rifle events.
The Games run until October 4.
Elavenil Valarivan and India’s women’s 10m air rifle team won silver medals on the opening day of shooting competition.
India’s shooting squad has performed consistently across recent multi-sport events, including previous Asian Games and the Olympics.
The Asian Games 2026 are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.
Skeet shooting involves competitors shooting at clay targets launched from two trap houses at varying angles.
India’s overall medal tally at the Games has been rising steadily through the first four days of competition.
Suchika Tariyal won bronze in mixed martial arts earlier in the Games, India’s first medal in that sport at the Asian Games.
India’s men’s hockey and cricket teams have also delivered strong results at these Games, adding to the overall medal count.
Shooting events at the Asian Games are contested across rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines, including skeet and trap.
India has traditionally fielded strong squads in rifle and pistol shooting at recent multi-sport Games.
Team events in shooting require consistent scoring from all three members, since the lowest of three individual scores can affect the overall total.
The Asian Games shooting competition runs across several days, with both individual and team medal events.
India won bronze in the women’s skeet team event at the Asian Games 2026 on September 23.
The Indian team of Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan finished third with a combined total of 331.
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