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Tokyo Paralympics: PM Modi Congratulates Shooter Manish Narwal For Clinching Gold Medal

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded shooter Manish Narwal for winning the gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. Praising Narwal, the Prime Minister said that winning his gold medal is a special moment for Indian sports.

“Glory from the Tokyo #Paralympics continues. Great accomplishment by the young and stupendously talented Manish Narwal. His winning the Gold Medal is a special moment for Indian sports. Congratulations to him. Best wishes for the coming times. #Praise4Para,” tweeted PM Modi.

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Indian shooters Manish Narwal and Sinhraj Adhana won gold and silver medals in the P4-mixed 50m pistol SH1 final at the Asaka Shooting Range here on Saturday.

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur tweeted, “India strikes GOLD. Manish Narwal what a fabulous victory! Congratulations on also holding the World Record in this category! Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final. score of 218.2. New Paralympics Record.”

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“It’s raining Medals for India. 15th medal for #IND ! ‘Superb Singhraj’ has created history by winning the SILVER. P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final with 216.7 points. 2nd medal at the games,” he further said in a tweet.

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19-year-old Manish set a Paralympic record for the yellow metal with a score of 218.2, while Singhraj secured his second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics with a score of 216.7.

Sergei Malyshev of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) won the bronze medal. Sinharaj Adhana got the better start of the two Indians in the final as he was put on the lead with 92.1 points after the first 10 shots.

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