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Shooter Manish Narwal wins Gold in Mixed 50m Pistol, Singhraj seals Silver medal in Tokyo Paralympics

• ByAyushi Ray     |    September 4, 2021

Shooter Manish Narwal wins Gold in Mixed 50m Pistol, Singhraj seals Silver medal in Tokyo Paralympics, and with it India took its medal tally to 15.
In a tight battle on Saturday, 39-year-old Singhraj, who had won the 10m Air Pistol SH1 bronze earlier this week, piped ROC’s Sergey Malyshev who had to finish with a bronze. The 38-year-old Singhraj punched the air in delight after he confirmed his second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Manish Narwal, who holds the World Record in Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event, was at his consistent best as he overtook Malyshev, who was in the gold medal position until the 5th series of the elimination stage in the final on Saturday. Manish shot 10.8 and 10.5 in a series that vaulted him to the gold medal position.

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