Young Shooter Raiza Dhillon secures Olympic quota

NEW DELHI: Young Raiza Dhillon secured India’s 18th quota place for the Paris Games with a silver medal in women’s skeet event of the Asia Olympic Qualification for Shotgun in Kuwait City on Saturday. Dhillon, 19, looked to be on top of her game and led the six-women final till it reached the halfway stage, following which the Indian missed two-three targets to cede ground to China’s Jinmei Gao, who won the gold medal by shooting 56 targets in the 60-shot final. Both Gao and Dhillon secured a Paris Games quota each for their respective country. Dhillon’s compatriot Maheshwari Chauhan settled for the bronze with 43, while Ganemat Sekhon, the other Indian shooter in the final, ended in fourth position with 30. Agencies

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