Manish Narwal secured the silver medal in the P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 at Paris Paralympics 2024
The Indian para-shooter Manish Narwal grabs the fourth medal for India at the 2024 Para Games. He bagged the silver medal in P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 with a score of 234.9 on Friday, August 30 in Paris. (Full Paralympics Coverage | More Sports News)
The 22-year-old Narwal, who had won gold in 50m pistol event at Tokyo, was leading for quite some time before he slipped because of a series of poor scores to surrender the initiative to veteran South Korean marksman Jo Jeongdu.
Narwal, the elder brother of Indian pistol marksman Shiva Narwal, shot 234.9, while Jeongdu took the gold with a total of 237.4.
Manish, who comes from a family of shooters and is the recipient of the highest sporting honour the Khel Ratna, had qualified for the final in fifth place.
The other Indian in the event, 17-year-old Rudransh Khandelwal missed the final, finishing ninth with a total score of 561. In SH1 class, athletes are able to hold their gun without difficulty and shoot from a standing or sitting position in a wheelchair or chair.
(with PTI inputs)