Shooting Nationals: Olympian Raiza Dhillon claims golden double in skeet

Paris Olympian Raiza Dhillon gave a commanding performance to clinch the skeet gold in both women’s senior and junior categories in the National Shooting Championships in New Delhi on Saturday.

The 21-year-old shot 56 in the women’s final to secure the top podium place, ahead of Yashasvi Rathore, who settled for silver with 55.

Fellow Olympian Ganemat Shekhon finished third after shooting down 45 targets. Darshna Rathore (36), Risham Kaur Guron (27) and Vanshika Tiwari (18) finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

Earlier in the the qualification round, Yashasvi topped the standings with 118 hits, while Raiza and Ganemat shot 116 each, with the former finishing second on a shoot-off score of plus-5, while Ganemat was placed third at plus-4.

Darshna finished fourth with 115, while Risham and Vanshika followed closely with 114 apiece, their positions decided on shoot-off scores.

In the women’s team event, Rajasthan clinched gold, with Yashasvi, Darshna and Olympian Maheshwari Chauhan aggregating 343 to top the standings.

Madhya Pradesh (Vanshika, Mansi Raghuwanshi, and Oshmi Shrivas) finished second with a total score of 328, while Punjab (Ganemat, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Asees Chhina) claimed the bronze medal with 325.

Raiza continued her dominant run in the junior skeet final as well, shooting 55 to finish one ahead of Vanshika, who took silver with 54. Mansi won the bronze medal with 45.

Qualification topper Yashasvi (118) finished fourth in the final with 34, followed by Risham (22) and Sanyogita Shekhawat (14).

In the junior women’s team event, Madhya Pradesh (Vanshika, Mansi, and Oshmi) emerged winners with a total of 328, while Rajasthan (Yashasvi, Sanyogita, and Kamna Udawat) secured silver with 326. Punjab finished third to claim the bronze medal with 314 (Risham, Parmeet Kaur, Sifat Chhina).

Published on Dec 13, 2025