India’s skeet mixed team of Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan narrowly missed out on the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024, losing to China in a thrilling 44-43 match. China’s strong performance, led by Lyu Jianlin’s perfect score, proved decisive in the final moments.
Indian shooters’ disappointing run at the ISSF World Cup in Baku continued, with none of the skeet exponents in both men’s and women’s events making it to the finals. Asian Games silver medallist Anant Jeet Singh Naruka finished 15th with an aggregate qualifying score of 120/125, while veteran marksman Mairaj Ahmad Khan could only manage 105 and finished 76th among 80 shooters. Olympian Mairaj, who had finished 75th among 84 shooters in the ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship (shotgun) in Doha last month, could not improve upon his performance in Baku, managing identical scores of 21/25 in the two qualifying rounds on Thursday. The third Indian in the fray, Sheeraz Sheikh, aggregated 115 over five qualifying rounds of 25 shots each to finish 54th. In women’s skeet, Raiza Dhillon ended up 16th with an aggregate of 114/125, while Maheshwari Chauhan was 20th with 113 points. Another young shooter, Ganemat Sekhon, finished 25th with 111 points.
