Naruka and Dhaliwal win skeet mixed-team bronze at Asiad 2026

Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal navigated challenging conditions to deliver India's historic bronze in the skeet mixed team event at the 2026 Asian Games on Thursday. Gusty winds tested the pair throughout a nail-biting final, but they held their nerve to secure the medal—India's first in the mixed team skeet discipline at an Asian Games.

The bronze marks the culmination of an extraordinary run for Indian skeet at the Games. On Wednesday, the men's team of Anantjeet, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmed Khan secured bronze, while the women's trio of Parinaaz, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan added another bronze medal later that day. The three-medal haul in 48 hours represents an unprecedented achievement for skeet, a discipline that has historically been overshadowed by trap and double trap in Indian shooting.

The skeet contingent's success provided a bright spot for India's shooting campaign at the Games. The team's performance stood in sharp contrast to setbacks elsewhere in the shooting programme, notably the men's 10-metre air pistol team failing to qualify a single competitor for the final, leaving the pistol discipline without a medal on the day.