Para Shooting World Championships: Second gold for India; Singhraj Adhana secures 2024 Paris Paralympics quota | More sports News


AL AIN (UAE): Double Paralympic medalist Singhraj Adhana obtained a quota for India in Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after taking fourth place in the P1 event – SH1 men’s 10m air pistol at the World Para Shooting Championships Wednesday.
The 40-year-old Indian, who won a silver and a bronze at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo last year, was in contention for the title as he led for much of the event until that a score of seven spoils his medal chances.
While he finished fourth, Korean Jo Jengdu clinched the gold medal with a score of 235.7 followed by Poland’s Sowinski Szymon (233.1) and Ibragimov Server (213.3).
Singhraj was part of the Indian shooting team – also including Manish Narwhal and nihal singh – who won his second gold medal in the current championships in the men’s 10m air pistol P1 SH1 team event.
The Indian team totaled an aggregate score of 1704-34x, overlapping Paralympic champion Narwal’s 575-17x score that put him in second place in the standings for the finals.
The Indian team was followed by Korea (1697-39x) and Turkey (1674-32x).
Indian coach JP Nautiyal said: “The team did very well, scoring 1704 air pistol points is great. I’m very happy that we started with Singhraj’s quota at the Worlds.”
Previously, Indian pistol shooters, led by Rahul Jakhar, won team gold in P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1. Jakhar had won a bronze medal in the individual event, his first medal at the Worlds.
Indian Paralympic star Avani Lekhara will be in action in the R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rifle SH1 event on Thursday.



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