In Shooting, Pranjali Prashant Dhumal clinched a gold medal in the women’s 25m pistol event at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo today, marking her third medal at the multi-sport event. Pranjali advanced to the final after setting a new world and Deaflympic qualification record with a score of 573 out of 600. Mosina Halyna of Ukraine took silver in the event, while South Korea’s Jeon Jiwon earned bronze.
Anuya Prasad, the women’s air pistol gold medallist, finished fourth in this event. Pranjali previously secured gold in the Mixed pistol event alongside Abhinav Deshwal and won silver in the women’s air pistol event.
With this, Indian shooters have so far won 16 medals at the ongoing Deaflympics, including seven gold, six silver and three bronze. Overall, India has so far won 26 gold medals, 9 silver, and 17 bronze.
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