SHOOTING
Mahit Sandhu wins womenâs 50-metre rifle gold in World Deaf shooting championship
Mahit Sandhu won the womenâs 50-metre rifle 3-position gold in the second World Deaf shooting championship in Hannover, Germany.
Abhinav Deshwal won the menâs 25-metre standard pistol gold with a world record score of 565 in enhancing the rich collection of the Indian contingent.
In fact, the 17-year-old Abhinav was honoured by the organisers for a rich haul of two gold and three silver medals. The womenâs air pistol gold medallist, the 16-year-old Anuya Prasad, was the other shooter to be honoured by the organisers. The two youngsters were presented with the Nana figure, a well-known sculpture of Hannover, in acknowledgement of their achievements.
India topped the medals table with seven gold, seven silver and six bronze medals. Ukraine was a close second with seven gold, five silver and seven bronze.
The results:
Men: 25m standard pistol: 1. Abhinav Deshwal 565 (WR); 2. Oleksii Lazebnyk (Ukr) 554; 3. Chetan Sapkal 545; 5. Shubham Vashist 535.
Women: 50m rifle 3-position: 1. Mahit Sandhu 458.0 (WR) 576; 2. Mira Biatovszki (Hun) 445.3 (568); 3. Violeta Lykova (Ukr) 435.7 (576); 4. Natasha Joshi 426.3 (568).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
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