Manish scored 234.9 factors within the males’s 10m air pistol SH1 occasion. Regardless of an preliminary setback, the place he dropped to sixth place, Narwal persevered and completed second.
Taking to his official X deal with, PM Modi congratulated Manish for his silver medal within the males’s 10m air pistol SH1 occasion.
In the identical occasion, South Korea’s Jeongdu Jo secured the gold medal with 237.four factors, whereas Chao Yang of China claimed the bronze with 214.three factors.
Earlier within the day, Avani Lekhara received the gold medal within the ladies’s 10m air rifle closing on the Paris Paralympics, and shooter Mona Agarwal took bronze in the identical occasion. Moreover, para sprinter Preethi Pal achieved a bronze medal within the Ladies’s T35 100m race.
India began the Paris Paralympics impressively, securing two medals within the ladies’s 10m air rifle occasion. From the start of the ultimate, Indian shooters had been distinguished within the prime three positions, contending for gold. Avani Lekhara in the end secured the highest place.
This 12 months, India has despatched its largest-ever Paralympics contingent, consisting of 84 athletes competing throughout 12 sports activities.
In the course of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Video games, India skilled its most profitable outing, successful a complete of 19 medals, which included 5 golds, eight silvers, and 6 bronzes.
