Two-time Paralympic medallist Singhraj Adhana secured a quota for Paris 2024 after finishing fourth in P1 - Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event at the Para Shooting World Championships in Al Ain, UAE on Wednesday.
Singhraj, who won a silver and a bronze medal at Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, was at the second spot with six shots left but a horrendous shot of 7 dropped him to fourth and eventually, out of medal contention. He finished with a score of 191.3. Korea’s Jo Jeongdu (235.7) clinched gold, Szymon Sowinski (233.1) of Poland got silver while Server Ibragimov (213.3) of Uzbekistan took bronze.
Singhraj’s compatriots Nihal Singh (173.1) and Manish Narwal (152.2) finished fifth and sixth, respectively in the final.
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.
(With inputs from PTI)
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