Double Delight! Manish Narwal wins gold; Singhraj silver in shooting mixed 50m pistol SH1 at Paralympics

India woke up to a historic double-podium finish at the shooting mixed 50m pistol SH1 event at the Tokyo Paralympics, as teenager Manish Narwal claimed gold while the veteran Singhraj won the silver medal.

Narwal, with a overall score of 218.2, finished ahead of Singhraj (216.7).

The 19-year-old Narwal won India’s third gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. The two medals took India’s overall tally to 15 (3 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 5 bronze medals). India currently stand at 34th place.

Narwal had made a slow start to the final round, shooting scores of 8.7 and 8.4 to begin the elimination stage. Singhraj, too, deflected way off the target with a 5.2 in the second series of elimination, with both recovered to steer into medal contention.

In the fifth elimination shoot-off against Singhraj, Narwal shot an incredible 10.8 and 10.5 to jump to first position. However, Singhraj, even with scores of 7.5 and 8.8, remained in contention after China’s Xiaolong Lou faltered in his shots.

In the gold medal shoot-off, Narwal shot 8.4 and 9.1, which were enough to claim a gold medal.

India had already won two medals in shooting — both courtesy Avani Lekhara (gold in 10m air rifle standing SH1 and bronze in 50m Rifle 3 positions SH1).

News Credit: India TV News