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Paris 2024 Olympics: Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon Secure Indian Quotas in Men's and Women's Skeet

Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon set Indian quotas for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics for the men’s skeet and women’s skeet events, respectively.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 05.04.2024
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon

During the Asian Shotgun Championships 2024 in Kuwait City in January 2024, two Indian shooters won silver medals in their respective events and secured Indian quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon set national quotas for the upcoming Summer Olympics for the men’s skeet and women’s skeet events, respectively.


The Asian Shotgun Championships 2024 event was a part of the Paris 2024 Olympics qualification, where the top two eligible shooters (maximum one per country) could book national quotas for the upcoming Summer Olympics.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Anantjeet Singh Naruka secured the Indian quota for the men’s skeet event  

Anantjeet Singh Naruka
Anantjeet Singh Naruka


In the men’s skeet final at the Asian Shotgun Championships 2024, Anantjeet Singh Naruka won the silver medal. While the gold medalist Chinese Taipei’s Lee Meng Yuan scored 57/60 in the final, Anantjeet scored 56/60. Mohammad Aldaihani of Kuwait scored 47/50 to win the bronze medal.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Raiza Dhillon secured the Indian quota for the women’s skeet event  

Raiza Dhillon
Raiza Dhillon


Meanwhile, Chinese Jinmei Gao won the gold medal in the women’s skeet event with a score of 56/60. Indian Raiza Dhillon secured the silver medal with a score of 52/60. Another Indian, Maheshwari Chauhan, finished third with a score of 43/50 to win the bronze medal, while the Indian Ganemat Sekhon was fourth with a score of 30/40.


India has now confirmed 19 quotas in shooting for the Paris 2024 Olympics. It is India’s maximum shooting quota record for the Summer Olympics, while their previous highest was 15 for Tokyo 2020.


However, Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon confirmed India’s first men’s skeet and women’s skeet quotas, respectively, for the Paris 2024 Olympics.


For the shooting events in the Paris 2024 Olympics, the National Olympic Committees (NOC) will make the final decision on national representatives.

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