![\"Neeru](\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134559680,imgsize-100144,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg\" "\\"India\u2019s")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFrom being inspired by her cousin Lakhsay Sheron\u2019s Asian Games medal to winning one herself, Neeru Dhanda has completed a remarkable journey – and in the process, created a piece of history for Indian shooting.The 26-year-old Indian shooter produced a stunning 28\/30 in the women\u2019s trap final to clinch gold at the Asian Games on Tuesday. China\u2019s Sun Yunong finished second with 26, while Kuwait\u2019s Hajar Abdulmalik took bronze with 21.Dhanda\u2019s 28 also shattered the previous Asian record of 24. The Indian had already announced her intent by topping qualification with 118 hits out of 125, and she carried that form into the six-shooter final to produce the biggest result of her career in the process delivering India its first individual gold medal of the 2026 Games and taking the country\u2019s tally to five gold medals and 47 overall.Earlier in the day, Dhanda had already played a central role in India\u2019s women\u2019s trap team silver, joining Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer to finish second behind China.For Dhanda, the triumph comes just months after she broke new ground at the ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy. In July, she became the first Indian woman to win an individual gold medal in trap at an ISSF World Cup. Dhanda was inspired to take up shooting after watching her maternal cousin Lakshay Sheoran<\/a> win a silver medal in men’s trap at the 2018 Asian Games. Sheoran also lent her his gun when she was beginning her journey in the sport. Years later, Dhanda has followed him to the Asian Games podium, but has gone one better by winning gold.The rise has been backed by the Indian Army, where Dhanda serves as a Naib Subedar in the Corps of Military Police. She trains at the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow and works with foreign coach Peter Wilson, the London 2012 Olympic trap champion. She is also part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme’s Development Group.<\/div>\n India\u2019s Neeru Dhanda celebrates after helping the women\u2019s trap team win silver at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya. Dhanda also qualified for the individual final after finishing joint-second in qualification with a score of 118\/125. From being inspired by her cousin Lakhsay Sheron\u2019s Asian Games medal to winning one herself, Neeru Dhanda has completed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"India\u2019s Neeru Dhanda celebrates after helping the women\u2019s trap team win silver at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya. Dhanda also qualified for the individual final after finishing joint-second in qualification with a score of 118\/125. From being inspired by her cousin Lakhsay Sheron\u2019s Asian Games medal to winning one herself, Neeru Dhanda has completed […]","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":1,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg",400,225,false],"medium":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg",300,169,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/neeru-dhanda-celebrates-indias-womens-trap-team-silver.jpg",150,84,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/author\/admin"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Asian Games Full Coverage<\/a>|Medal Tally<\/a>|Schedule<\/a>The Asian Games gold now gives that World Cup success a continental dimension. Dhanda had arrived in Aichi-Nagoya as the reigning Asian champion, having won gold at the 2025 Asian Shooting Championships. She also had a mixed-team bronze from the ISSF World Cup in Almaty earlier this year.<\/p>\nFrom tin cans to the Indian Army and World Cup glory<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"