India’s shooters excel at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo as Abhinav Deshwal and Pranjali Prashant Dhumal clinch 10m Air Pistol gold. Kushagra Singh Rajawat wins 50m Rifle Prone bronze, taking India’s shooting medal tally to 11 in the Games.

Hyderabad: Indian shooters continued their fine run at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, as Abhinav Deshwal and Pranjali Prashant Dhumal clinched the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol event with a dominating 16-6 win over Ya-Ju Kao and Ming-Jui Hsu of Chinese Taipei. In the second event of the day, Kushagra Singh Rajawat won bronze in the 50m Rifle Prone event taking India’s shooting medal tally to 11 and are the only medals India has won till now in Tokyo.

Abhinav and Pranjali maintained their commanding position from the start of the gold

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