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Did You Know India’s Shooters Won Bronze at the Asian Games? 🥉

Three Indian women shooters—Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, and Maheshwari Chauhan—took third place in the women’s skeet team event.

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Key Points

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Women’s skeet team bronze with 331 points.

Parinaaz 111, Raiza 111, Maheshwari 109 points.

President Murmu and Prime Minister Modi praised the shooters publicly.

Men’s skeet team bronze after a shoot‑off, total 346 points.

No medals in 10‑meter air pistol events.

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They scored a total of 331 points after three days of qualification rounds.

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted congratulatory messages on the social‑media platform X.

The men’s skeet team also earned a bronze medal after winning a shoot‑off against Kazakhstan.

India did not win any medals in the 10‑meter air pistol competitions.

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5 words

skeet

A shooting sport where participants fire at moving clay disks.

qualification

The early rounds that decide who moves to the final.

shoot‑off

A tiebreaker round where teams shoot again to decide a winner.

bronze medal

The award for finishing in third place.

precision

The ability to hit the target exactly where you aim.

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