Tokyo, Nov 24 (PTI) Indian shooter Pranjali Prashant Dhumal dominated from start to end to win gold in the women’s 25m pistol event, her third medal in the Deaflympics here on Monday.
She had earlier won gold in the mixed pistol event with Abhinav Deshwal, and a silver in the women’s air pistol.
Mosina Halyna of Ukraine won the silver and Jeon Jiwon of Korea took the bronze.
Anuya Prasad, who had won gold in women’s air pistol event, finished at fourth place.
Pranjali had qualified for the finals with a new qualification world record and Deaflympic record score of 573 out of 600.
Pranjali finished with a score of 34 in the final, two more than Mosina who won the silver. Jeon won the bronze medal with a score of 30, after having overcome India’s Anuya Prasad in a shootout.
Earlier in qualification, the Indian shooter secured the top two spot while also breaking the world deaf qualification record and the Deaflympics record.
She shot 573-14x, breaking her own world record which was set in the World Deaf Shooting Championships last year in Hannover, Germany.
Anuya Prasad finished second with a score of 569-15x in the qualification.
On Sunday, Abhinav Deshwal had won India’s 15th medal in shooting at the Deaflympics, clinching the gold in the 25m pistol event with a record in qualification.
Indian shooters have so far won 16 medals at the Deaflympics, including seven gold, six silver and three bronze. The shooting events will conclude Tuesday with the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol competition. PTI PDS UNG AH AH AT AT
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