{"id":1398,"date":"2026-09-29T08:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:15:24","slug":"asian-games-2026-neeru-dhanda-wins-indias-first-individual-gold-in-womens-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=1398","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games 2026: Neeru Dhanda Wins India\u2019s First Individual Gold in Women\u2019s Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 29, India&#8217;s<strong> Neeru Dhanda <\/strong>won the Gold Medal in the <strong>women&#8217;s individual trap event at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya<\/strong>, delivering a stellar performance at the shooting range. With this victory, India secured its <strong>fifth gold medal <\/strong>at the Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dhanda finished the final with 28 hits and set a new Asian Games record in the event. China&#8217;s Sun Yunong won the silver medal with 26 hits, while Kuwait&#8217;s Hajar Abdulmalik secured the bronze medal with 21 hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Indian shooter had also topped the qualification round before reaching the eight-shooter final. Despite the rain, she performed consistently well throughout the competition and maintained her lead when it mattered most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, Neeru Dhandha played a key role in securing a silver medal for India in the women&#8217;s trap team event. Dhandha represented the Indian team alongside Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer; the trio won the silver medal with a total of 328 points, with Dhandha contributing 118 points to the score. India finished behind China and ahead of Kuwait in this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Asian Games title adds another major achievement to Dhanda&#8217;s successful 2026 season. She won her first ISSF World Cup gold medal in the women&#8217;s trap event in Lonato, Italy, in July and also clinched the Asian Championship title. Dhanda is a Naib Subedar in the Indian Army and competes representing the Indian Army&#8217;s Marksmanship Unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 29, India&#8217;s Neeru Dhanda won the Gold Medal in the women&#8217;s individual trap event at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, delivering a stellar performance at the shooting range. With this victory, India secured its fifth gold medal at the Games. Dhanda finished the final with 28 hits and set a new Asian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[350,351,90],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asiangames","tag-asiangames2026","tag-neerudhanda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1402,"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/1402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}