New Delhi, Monday, Aug 05, 2024: India’s 21-member shooting contingent ended their Paris Olympics campaign in the same impressive manner as they had begun, with Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka finishing a creditable fourth in the Mixed Team Skeet, an event making its Olympic debut and one which ended the Shooting competitions at the Paris Games.
The Indian duo went down 43-44 to China’s Jiang Yiting and Lyu Jianlin in the 48-shot (24 for each shooter) bronze medal contest, staying in the hunt till the last two pair of targets which Jiang shot down to confirm their medal.
Lyu was particularly impressive for the Chinese shooting down all 24 of his targets as Maheshwari missed three and Anant Jeet two to go agonisingly go down by one target.
Earlier the Indians gave an excellent account of themselves in the 150-shot (75 targets each) qualification round, shooting a score of 146 to take fourth place and qualify for the bronze medal match. They actually tied with the Chinese pair but lost a shoot-off 3-4 to determine qualification spots. In the process they left some famous and strong pairings from the USA and Italy among others behind.
However, for the third time in the Shooting competition, things did not go as planned and India had to settle for a third fourth place finish in Shooting in Paris, besides the three bronze medals they won. The contingent also made as many as seven medal rounds including five finals.
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