Maheshwari Chauhan in action at the Paris Olympics 2024. (Image: AP)
Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon finish at 14th and 23rd respectively as they do not qualify for the Women’s Skeet Shooting final at the Paris Olympics.
In the women’s skeet shooting qualification event, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon could not ensure their participation in the final event as they finished 14th and 23rd respectively at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre for the Paris Olympics 2024.
Maheshwari aggregated 118 across five series with the first three series taking place on Saturday. She recorded scores of 23, 24, 24, 25, 22. Meanwhile, Raiza aggregated 113 after a sequence that read 21, 22, 23, 23, 24.
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Those who are placed in the top six positions were the ones that would make it to the finale where the shooters have a chance for a possible medal.
Italy’s 2016 Rio Olympic gold medallist Diana Bacosi also failed to clear the qualifications, finishing just below Maheshwari at 15th place with a total of 117.
On the first day of qualifications, Maheshwari was closely following the leading pack at eighth position with an aggregate of 71. She had shot 23, 24, and 24 and despite a 25 on Sunday, she could not make the cut. Raiza was placed 25th among 29 shooters with an aggregate of 66 (21, 22, 23).
Among the Indian shooting contingent, Manu Bhaker was the star as she bagged two bronze medals. One for the Women’s 10m Air Pistol final and the other with Sarabjot Singh in the mixed 10m Air Pistol final.
Swapnil Kusale was the third medal winner. He also won a bronze medal in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle final, making it the best performance by the Indian shooters as a collective in a single edition of the Olympic Games.
An Indian shooter is yet to win a medal at the skeet shooting event but the likes of Raiza and Maheshwari will hope that then can put in better performances through the coming years and hope to be the first at the 2028 Olympic games being held in Los Angeles.
Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala are currently competing in the 25m rapid-fire pistol men’s qualifications.
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