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Neeru Dhanda, Kynan Chenai Strike Gold, Crowned Asian Games Shooting Champions
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News18•30-09-2026, 16:30
Neeru Dhanda, Kynan Chenai Strike Gold, Crowned Asian Games Shooting Champions
- •Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai secured a mixed team trap gold at the Asian Games, marking Neeru's second gold and third medal overall, making her India's most successful athlete at the event.
- •The Indian duo set an Asian and Games record with 34 hits out of 40 in the final, overcoming Qatar (32) coached by Olympic champion Michael Diamond.
- •Neeru battled fatigue and the lingering effects of an H1N1 illness that hospitalized her just 10 days before the Games, with Kynan stepping up to compensate for her initial struggles.
- •Kynan Chenai, using his father's 30-year-old lucky gun barrel, delivered a superb performance with 73 out of 75 in qualification, ensuring India's spot in the final after Neeru's jaded start.
- •The victory adds to Kynan's three Asian Games medals and solidifies Neeru's rise in shotgun shooting, having honed her skills at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy.
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Neeru Dhanda secured a remarkable three-medal haul at the Asian Games, winning the individual women's trap gold, the mixed team trap gold alongside Kynan Chenai, and a silver medal in the women's team trap event.
The Indian duo clinched the mixed team gold with an Asian and Games record of 34 hits out of 40 in the final, defeating Qatar to secure the victory.
Kynan Chenai used a gun barrel belonging to his father Darius, a two-time national trap champion who bought it nearly three decades ago.
