{"id":499327,"date":"2024-01-20T19:32:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T14:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=499327"},"modified":"2024-01-20T19:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T14:02:09","slug":"anantjeet-singh-raiza-dhillon-silver-medal-asia-olympic-qualification-shotgun-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/anantjeet-singh-raiza-dhillon-silver-medal-asia-olympic-qualification-shotgun-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Anantjeet Singh, Raiza Dhillon secure Paris 2024 Olympic quotas in shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anantjeet Singh won Paris 2024 quota after securing silver in the men\u2019s skeet final event. This would be India\u2019s 19<sup>th<\/sup> quota at the Paris Olympics. Teenager Raiza Dhillon secured India\u2019s 18th  quota place for the Paris Games with a silver medal in women\u2019s skeet event of the Asia Olympic Qualification for shotgun in Kuwait city on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dhillon dominated the competition as she was leading until the midway point. But the 19-year- old shooter suffered a slight setback as she missed two-three targets. This allowed her chinese counterpart Jinmel Gao to take the lead in the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Quota No 19! Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (file pic) wins \ud83e\udd48 &amp; a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paris2024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Paris2024<\/a> quota place in men\u2019s skeet at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsiaOlympicQualification?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsiaOlympicQualification<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shotgun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shotgun<\/a> in \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddfc The national champ &amp; Hangzhou Asiad silver medalist shot 56 in the final. Congratulations!\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiaShooting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiaShooting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lSlFxtQlkn\">pic.twitter.com\/lSlFxtQlkn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialNRAI\/status\/1748689382499094543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gao went on to clinch the gold medal scoring 56 targets out of 60 in the final. Dhillon secured the second position hitting a total number of 52 targets. Both athletes secured a Paris quota each for their respective countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Raiza Dhillon (file pic) it is who wins India\u2019s 18th <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paris2024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Paris2024<\/a> quota place, with a \ud83e\udd48 performance in women\u2019s skeet at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsiaOlympicQualification?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsiaOlympicQualification<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shotgun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shotgun<\/a> in Kuwait. Congratulations to the teenager\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndianShooting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndianShooting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RgsfUDwOXn\">pic.twitter.com\/RgsfUDwOXn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialNRAI\/status\/1748674010119123093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maheshwari Chauhan finished in the third place winning the bronze medal. Ganemat Sekhon finished in the 4<sup>th<\/sup> place with 30 hits. In the starting of the event Dhillon was leading the contest hitting six out of six targets. The Indian was ahead of Gao with 14 hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The turning point to the contest came when Dhillon missed two of her targets and Gao overtook the lead for the first time in the contest. Dhillon missed her hit yet again as her chinese counterpart maintained her lead. Chauhan and Dhillon were left behind to fight for the second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dhilon survived to enter the race for the gold medal, as Chauhan left the contest at the third position with a bronze. Dhillon missed two more times in her contest for gold, as Gao went forward to win the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier Sekhon was in second place in the Olympic qualification with a total score of 117. Chauhan was placed third with 115 points after prevailing in the shoot off with Qatar\u2019s Al Sharshani Reem, while Dhillon qualified for the final in sixth place, completing the top six lineup. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gao went on to clinch the gold medal scoring 56 targets out of 60 in the final. Dhillon secured the second position hitting a total number of 52 targets. 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