Raiza Dhillon and Jeet Singh Naruka claim Olympics quotas, Indian tally hits 19

Kuwait City: With winning  performances from two more persons, the Olympic tally has now gone up to 19.Raiza Dhillon and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka have secured two more Paris Games bberths by winning silver medals in their respective skeet events at the Asia Olympics qualifiers here today, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh says.

Dhillon earned the country’s 18th quota by claiming silver in the women’s skeet before Naruka finished second on the podium in the men’s skeet final with a total of 56, missing the gold by one point to Chinese Taipei’s Meng Yuan Lee (57).

Kuwait’s Mohammad Aldaihani (47) won bronze and the second quota on offer in the men’s final.

Dhillon, 19, was on top of her game and led the six-women final till it reached the halfway stage, following which the Indian missed some targets to cede ground to China’s Jinmei Gao, who won the gold medal by shooting down 56 targets in the 60-shot final. Dhillon finished second with 52 hits.

However, in what was turning out to be an engrossing final, Dhillon then missed two targets as Gao led for the first time. Dhillon missed again in the next outing as the Chinese maintained her lead to leave the two Indians to fight for the silver medal. Dhillon prevailed to enter the fight for the gold medal, while Chauhan left her station with bronze.

Dhillon missed twice at the start of gold medal contest as Gao led by three points to seal the issue in her favour.

Earlier, Sekhon was second in the qualification with a total score of 117, Chauhan was placed third with a 115 after prevailing in a shoot-off with Qatar’s Al Sharshani Reem, while Dhillon qualified for the final in the sixth place, completing the top six line-up.

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