Saturday 4 September 2021

Tokyo Paralympics: Manish Narwal won gold in shooting, silver medal in Singhraj's bag too

Manish Narwal of India has won the gold medal in the Shooting P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. While his colleague Singhraj has won the silver medal.

Another gold and silver medal has come in India's bag at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Indian shooter Manish Narwal has won the gold medal in the Shooting P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. While his colleague Singhraj has won the silver medal.

Narwal bagged India's third gold medal in the ongoing Paralympic Games while Sinhraj Adana won the silver medal. Nineteen-year-old Narwal made a Paralympic record of 218. Scored 2. On the other hand, Adana, who won bronze on Tuesday in the P1 Men's S-Meter Air Pistol SH1 event, shot 216. Winning silver medal by scoring 7 points.

Sergei Malyshev of the Russian Olympic Committee 196 . Won bronze medal with 8 points. Earlier in the qualifying round, Adana was fourth with 536 points and Narwal was seventh with 533 points. India's Akash could not make it to the final after finishing 27th.

In this category, shooters hold pistols with only one hand because they have a deformity in one hand or leg due to injury to the spine or amputation of a limb. Some shooters aim while standing and some while sitting.

Let us tell you that Bharata's journey so far in the Paralympics has been fantastic. On Friday, India won three medals in a scintillating performance. Praveen Kumar won silver medal in high jump, Avani Lekhra won bronze medal in women's 50m rifle P-3 SH-1 event and archer Harvinder Singh created history by winning bronze medal in men's individual recurve open.


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