 "India's Amanjeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan at the skeet mixed team bronze medal match against China at the Paris Olympics on Monday. AP")
India’s skeet shooters Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan lost a bronze by a whisker on Monday after they went down 43-44 in the mixed team bronze match at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Indian duo lost the medal to China’s Lyu Jianlin and Jiang Yiting.
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The duo of Anant and Maheshwari had finished fourth in the qualification round of the skeet mixed team with 146 points. Anant finished the qualification stage with scores of 25, 23 and 24, aggregating 72 points. On the other hand, Maheshwari had scores of 24, 25 and 25 in the qualification round, aggregating 74 points.
In the bronze medal contest, China’s Lyu and Jiang clinched scores of 4/4 in Station 1 of the contest. Chauhan also scored 4/4 in her first round, but Anant Jeet Singh Naruka missed a target in his first attempt, shooting only 3/4. India were trailing China as they began shooting at the Station 2 of the contest.
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Once again, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka missed out on a crucial target as he scored 3/4 in Station 2. Chauhan too ended up missing one of the targets in Station 2, whereas Jiang missed three targets. This meant the overall scores were level at 16-16 after the second station, and after Station 3, China ended up taking a lad of 24-20.
After Station 4, India were trailing China by a point, but the Anant-Maheshwari duo began the fifth station on a strong note.
Anant and Maheshwari hit all targets precisely in the fifth station and so did the Chinese pair. However, those crucial misses from Anant and Maheshwari in the initial rounds proved costly for India, as they fell short by one point in the end.