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Indian sport shooter (born 2000)
Neeru Dhanda is an Indian sport shooter who competes in trap shooting. She won the women's trap individual and team gold medals at the 2025 Asian Shooting Championships. In 2026, she won the women's trap gold medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato del Garda, becoming the first Indian woman to win a World Cup gold medal in the event. She also won 2 gold and a silver medal in 2026 Asian Games.
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Kynan Darius Chenai is an Indian sport shooter specializing in trap shooting. He has represented India in multiple international competitions, including the Olympics and the Asian Games. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he finished 19th in the men's trap event. At the 2022 Asian Games, Chenai won a gold medal in the men's trap team event and a bronze medal in the individual trap event, contributing significantly to India's record-breaking medal tally in shooting in that edition.
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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
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Shooting news: Kynan Chenai and Neeru Dhanda secured the mixed trap gold medal with an Asian record at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Nagoya, boosting India's medal tally to fifteen on the final day of shooting competitions.
NAGOYA: While the archers were indomitable in Okazaki Sports Park, some 30km in the Toyota highlands at the Aichi Prefectural Shooting Gallery, two trap shooter
Asian Games 2026: Neeru Dhanda to lead India as flag bearer after winning three medals (two golds, one silver) at Nagoya.