India’s women’s skeet team of Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan won the bronze medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Wednesday, September 23, adding another podium finish to the country’s campaign.
The trio finished third in the women’s skeet team event with a combined score of 331 points. Raiza and Parinaaz each scored 111 out of a possible 125, while Maheshwari contributed 109 points. China won the gold medal, while Kazakhstan took silver.
The bronze takes India’s overall medal tally at the Games to eight, according to reports published on Wednesday. It is also India’s sixth medal in shooting at the ongoing Games, underlining the discipline’s significant contribution to the country’s medal haul. The result comes as India continues its campaign across multiple sporting disciplines, with several medal events still to be contested.
Three Shooters, One Podium
The Indian trio produced a consistent collective performance across the women’s skeet team competition to secure third place. In skeet, shooters aim at a series of moving clay targets launched from different stations, with each athlete competing for a maximum individual score of 125 in the qualification rounds. Raiza Dhillon and Parinaaz Dhaliwal both registered 111 points, while Maheshwari Chauhan finished with 109, taking India’s combined total to 331.
The three scores were enough to put India on the podium behind Kazakhstan and China. Reports differ on the precise score attributed to the Chinese team, with some publications reporting 346 and another report listing 357; however, the Indian team’s bronze and its 331-point total are consistently reported. The result also adds another medal to an increasingly productive shooting campaign for India.
According to PTI, the women’s skeet bronze is India’s sixth shooting medal at these Games, taking the shooting contingent’s tally to four silver and two bronze medals at the time of publication. No direct post-event statement from the Indian shooters or a shooting federation official was available in the reports reviewed at the time of publication, so their individual reactions have not been attributed here.
Shooting Builds Momentum
The bronze comes as part of a strong early showing by India’s shooting contingent at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Shooting competition began on September 19, with India fielding a 30-member squad across rifle, pistol and shotgun events. Indian shooters have already contributed several medals to the national tally, including performances in the 10m air rifle events and other shooting disciplines. Elavenil Valarivan, for instance, won silver in the women’s 10m air rifle individual event after also contributing to India’s silver in the team event, while other Indian shooters have added further medals.
The women’s skeet result therefore extends a medal-winning run that has helped India build momentum during the opening days of the Games. The wider Indian campaign also received a major boost on September 22, when the women’s cricket team won gold after defeating Sri Lanka in the T20 final.
That victory was India’s first gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games and gave the country seven medals before the skeet bronze took the tally to eight. With competition continuing across several disciplines, India’s medal count remains subject to further changes as more events are completed.
The Logical Indian’s Perspective
The women’s skeet bronze is a reminder that sporting success is rarely the product of one moment alone. It is built through years of training, discipline, competition and the willingness of athletes to work together under pressure.
Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan’s podium finish also highlights the importance of recognising sporting disciplines beyond the events that traditionally receive the most public attention. Shooting has emerged as one of India’s key medal-producing sports at these Games, but every medal represents an individual and collective journey involving athletes, coaches, families and support teams. Celebrating these achievements can go beyond medal counts: it can encourage young people, particularly girls, to see competitive sport as a space where they can participate, compete and build confidence.
At the same time, sporting success should create opportunities for wider conversations about access to training, facilities, coaching and sustained support for athletes across disciplines. As India’s Asian Games campaign continues, what more can be done to ensure that promising athletes from every sporting background receive the support they need to compete at the highest level?
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Asian Games 2026 | Shooting
Women’s Skeet Team – Final
The Indian trio of Parinaaz Dhaliwal (NCoE), Raiza Dhillon (NCoE, Debutant) and Maheshwari Chauhan (Khelo India Athlete) secured the Bronze Medal with a cumulative score of 331.
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