Double Paralympic medallist Singhraj Adhana secured a quota for India at the 2024 Paris Paralympics after signing off at the fourth place in the P1 - men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event at the Para Shooting World Championships on Wednesday.
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The 40-year-old Indian, who won a silver and a bronze at Tokyo Paralympics last year, was in title contention as he led for a major part of the event until a score of seven spoiled his medal chances.
While he finished fourth, Korea’s Jo Jengdu clinched the gold 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 comprising Manish Narwal and Nihal Singh, which claimed its second gold medal in the ongoing Championships in the team event of the P1- Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1.
The Indian team aggregated a total score of 1704-34x, riding on Paralympic champion Narwal’s 575-17x score that put him in second place in the rankings for the finals.
The Indian team was followed by Korea (1697-39x) and Turkey (1674-32x).
India coach JP Nautiyal said: “The team has done very well, scoring 1704 in Air Pistol is great. I am very happy that we started with a quota from Singhraj at the Worlds." Earlier, Indian pistol shooters, led by Rahul Jakhar, won the team gold in P3- Mixed 25m Pistol SH1. Jakhar had clinched a bronze in the individual event, his first medal at the Worlds.
On Thursday, India’s Paralympic star Avani Lekhara will be in action in the R2 - Women’s 10m Air Rifle SH1 event.
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