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Manish Narwal won silver in the men's 10m air pistol (SH1) event at the Paris Paralympic Games.© X/@VishankRazdan
India’s Manish Narwal took the silver medal in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event with a score of 234.9 to take the country’s medal tally to four at the Paris Paralympics on Friday. Narwal finished behind South Korea’s Jeongdu Jo, who won gold with a total of 237.4, while China’s Chao Yang took bronze with a score of 214.3. The 22-year-old, who took gold in the mixed 50m pistol event at the Tokyo Paralympics, held the top spot in the final after an opening round of shooting in Stage 2 but eventually lost his lead to Jeongdu and finished second.
It is India’s third medal of the day in shooting after Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal won gold and bronze respectively in the women’s 10m standing air rifle SH1 event. Mona won the country’s first medal at the Paris Paralympics on her debut at the Games.
In the final, Avani surpassed her previous record set at the Tokyo Games and finished on top of the eight-player competition. She finished with a total of 249.7 to achieve the new Paralympic record in the category. Her previous best was 249.6 at the Tokyo Paralympics.
On the other hand, Mona, who briefly led the final round of shooting, finished third with a total of 228.7 to win a bronze medal in the event and also opened the country's medal tally at the Games.
Preeti Pal, who had clinched bronze in the women's 100m T35, added a third medal to India's tally after clocking a personal best of 14.21 seconds to finish third in the final at the Stade de France. China's world record holder Zhou Xia won gold in 13.58 seconds while compatriot Guo Qianqian took silver in 13.74 seconds.
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