Raiza Dhillon

Skeet shooter raiza dhillon shot a 70 to emerge as the best Indian on show on day one of the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Larnaca, Cyprus on Monday.

Maheshwari aggregated 118 across five series with the first three series taking place on Saturday. She recorded scores of 23, 24, 24, 25, 22. Raiza aggregated 113 after a sequence that read 21, 22, 23, 23, 24. Only the top six shooters in the qualifications make it to the final.

Senior men 's 3-Positions (3P) rifle shooter and double Olympian Sanjeev Rajput showed good form, shooting competitively for the first time since the coronavirus-induced lockdown, to win the 50m Rifle 3P T1 trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in the national capital.

Indian skeet shooters bowed out at the qualification stage of both the women's and men's individual competitions at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Larnaca, Cyprus on Tuesday.

The Indian mixed team skeet pairings also had no luck like in the individual competition, bowing out in the qualification stage of the ISSF World Cup for Shotgun in Larnaca, Cyprus on Wednesday.

Two shooters from the city have won silver medals in the skeet event at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Championship Juniors being held in Changwon, Korea, this week.

Young raiza dhillon, who secured a Paris Olympics quota for India, teamed up with Gurjoat Khangura to secure a bronze in the skeet mixed team event, marking her third medal at the Asia Olympic Qualification Shotgun competition held on Sunday.

After winning the 10m air pistol individual gold, Manu Bhaker topped the podium one more time as she clinched the yellow metal in the mixed team with Sarabjot Singh in the ISSF Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru, on Saturday.

Rajasthan's Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan will represent the Indian shotgun team in the upcoming Paris Olympics as the national shooting federation named a five-member squad for the mega event, with all of them appearing in their maiden games. The Paris Games will be held from July 26 to August 11.

Rising Indian woman skeet shooter Ganemat Sekhon won a silver medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship here.

The trio of Areeba Khan, raiza dhillon and Ganemat Sekhon finished at the top of the podium in the women's team skeet event.

Khelo India Youth Games champion Darshna Rathore of Rajasthan pipped country's top ranked women's Skeet shooter Ganemat Sekhon of Punjab 50-46 to win her maiden National Skeet title on Wednesday.

In the men's trap, Prithviraj Tondaiman, an experienced and proficient trap shooter, has secured his berth, while the skilled Rajeshwari Kumari will represent India in the women's Trap. The adept Anantjeet Singh Naruka will be the sole Indian shooter in the men's skeet event, and the talented duo of raiza dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan will compete in the women's Skeet, completing the five quota places that India had garnered in shotgun events.

Two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and raiza dhillon claimed gold medals in men's and women's skeet events respectively in the inaugural Digvijay Singh Memorial Shooting Championship (Shotgun) here on Sunday.

Ace shooter Manu Bhaker will lead a 35-member Indian contingent at the ISSF World Cups in South America, kicking off the international shooting season. The team includes Olympians and will compete in Buenos Aires and Lima. A training camp at Karni Singh Range will prepare them for the events, aiming to exceed their Paris Olympic achievements.

Young raiza dhillon secured India's 18th quota place for the Paris Games with a silver medal in women's skeet event of the Asia Olympic Qualification for Shotgun in Kuwait City on Saturday.

India surged to the top of the medal tally on the third day of the ISSF Junior World Championships, surpassing China with an impressive collection of four gold medals in Changwon, Korea. Meanwhile, China secured three gold medals in the competition.

A day after clinching a silver medal in individual women's skeet, Chandigarh shooter Ganemat Sekhon teamed up with raiza dhillon and Areeba Khan to strike gold on competition day three of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship in Lima on Friday.

Olympic-bound athletes including boxer Nikhat Zareen, long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, and table tennis player Manika Batra's request for financial assistance to train abroad was on Wednesday cleared by the Sports Ministry following a meeting here. The Sports Ministry's support included coaches, physiotherapists, and other necessary expenses to prepare for international competitions.

Ace Indian shooter Ganemat Sekhon secured a spot in the women's skeet final but ended up in sixth place at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy. Unfortunately, none of the Indian male shooters qualified for the final round. Ganemat hit only 16 out of the first 20 targets, in the 60-shot final, resulting in her early elimination. The gold medal was claimed by Diana Bacosi, the Rio Olympic champion, who achieved an impressive 57 hits.

Delhi shooter Rashmika Sahgal had an exciting season. She won gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Delhi. Rashmika also secured silver in the individual event. Her family and home crowd watched her success. She previously won gold at the Asian Championships. Rashmika now targets the senior category.

Rising women’s Skeet talent Ganemat Sekhon has won a silver medal at International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship in Lima, late on Thursday.

Dhanpat Singh Chauhan built a private shooting range in a small town of Siana in Jalore district of Rajasthan in 2010 in hopes to see his granddaughter train and play for India. On Sunday, the granddaughter Maheshwari Chauhan, 27, clinched a silver in the skeet event at the ISSF World Cup in Qatar and secured a quota place for India. The grandfather passed away in 2015 and is not alive to see Maheshwari win her first-ever ISSF medal, but the moment will hold a special place in the Chauhans’ hearts.

Dhanush Srikanth secured the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the ISSF Junior World Cup held in Suhl, Germany, adding to India's tally of three gold medals in the competition thus far.

India's Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol shooting event, concluding a remarkable campaign in the ongoing Olympic Games with an unprecedented two medals on Saturday. The 22-year-old Bhaker shot 28 in the eight-women final, narrowly missing out on completing a hat-trick of medals in a single edition of the Games. She was defeated by Hungarian bronze medallist Veronika Major in the shoot-off.

Indian shooter Sift Kaur Samra claimed her first individual ISSF World Cup gold in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions in Buenos Aires. Despite a slow start, she made a stunning comeback and finished with 458.6 points. India now stand second in the season-opening World Cup with one gold and one bronze.