Tokyo Paralympics, shooting: Double podium for India as Narwal wins gold ahead of Singhraj

Shooters Manish Narwal, 19, and Singhraj Adana, 39, bagged a rare double podium for India as they won gold and silver silver in a rollercoaster P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday.

This was India’s third gold at the ongoing Games, taking the medal tally to 15.

The 19-year-old Narwal, who had missed the podium in 10m air pistol SH1 after qualifying in second place, shot a new Paralympic record of 218.2 to claim his first medal. Adhana, who had won the bronze in that event, won silver 216.7.

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Russian Olympic Committee’s Sergey Malyshev took home the bronze with an effort of 196.8.

Both Indians started strong but had a dip midway through the final and were close to elimination, before recovering to get into medal positions and eventually being the last two left.

Earlier in the qualifying round, Adhana progressed to the medal round in fourth place with a total of 536 while Narwal shot 533 to qualify at seventh at the Asaka Shooting Range. The other Indian in the fray, Akash failed to make the final, finishing 27th in the qualifying round.

Athletes in SH1 category have an impairment affecting one arm and/or the legs, for example…

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