Indian shooters win gold and bronze in 10m air rifle mixed team at Deaflympics

Indian shooters continued their strong run at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, winning gold and bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. With nine medals in three days, India looks to add more in upcoming shooting events

Hyderabad: Indian shooters sealed another double podium at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, winning both the gold and bronze medals in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.

The pair of Dhanush Srikanth and Mahit Sandhu clinched the gold medal, overcoming the South Korean pair Jeon Dain and Kim Woorim in the gold medal match, while Mohammed Murtaza Vania and Komal Milind Waghmare added a bronze medal to their individual medals after getting the better of the Ukrainian pair of Violeta Lykova and Oleksandr Kostyk.

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In the gold medal match, Dhanush and Mahit raced to a 4-0 lead at the beginning and maintained a clear gap with the Korean pair, eventually clinching the match 17-7. This is Dhanush’s second gold medal of the Deaflympics, while Mahit added a gold to her silver which she won in the individual event.

The bronze medal match was tighter, with the Ukrainian pair including women’s individual gold medal winner Violeta Lykova. Both pairs were tied 4-4 after the end of the fourth series and at the end of the sixth series Ukraine were leading 7-5. Murtaza Vania and Komal then tied the scores at 7-7, 8-8 and 10-10 after four more rounds. The Indians then won two out of the next four rounds, with the points being shared in the other two. Eventually, they secured the bronze medal winning 16-12.

The Indian shooters have won a total of nine medals across three days of competition. The Air Pistol Mixed Teams will be in action tomorrow as India will look to add more medals to their tally in shooting at the Deaflympics.