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PUNE: Hyderabad teenager Dhanush Srikanth created history by clinching 10m air rifle men’s team gold at the ISSF Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru, on Saturday.
Dhanush, who had won gold at Asian Championships, became the first Indian and perhaps the only shooter with hearing and speech impairment in the world to win a gold medal in the regular ISSF World Championships.
Dhanush, along with Paarth Makhija and Rajpreet Singh pipped a strong team from USA that included Tokyo Olympics gold medallist William Shaner, William Kissell and John Blanton 16-6.
The Indian trio topped the second qualification round with a total score of 624.5, while the Americans shot 622.5 to qualify for the gold-medal match. Dhanush’s 209.2 in two series of 10 shots was the highest among the Indians. Rajpreet scored 208, while Paarth totaled 207.3.
“He has been working really hard since he got into the national team. After winning gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Asian Championships in 2019 and has not stopped training even for a day,” Dhanush’s mother Asha told TOI.
“He is preparing himself for the Paris Olympics as it has been his dream to win an Olympics medal, just like his mentor Gagan Narang. We are thankful to Gagan sir and Dhanush’s coach Neha Chavan, as they have really worked hard to make Dhanush whatever he is today,” she added.
Dhanush trains at Narang’s academy, Gun For Glory, in Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, India continued to win gold as Manu Bhaker scored a hat-trick by clinching her third gold on Saturday.
Manu, who had won gold in 10m air pistol individual and mixed team events, won her third through the 10m air pistol women’s team event along with Rhythm Sangwan and Shikha Narwal.
The Indian team defeated Belarusian trio of Aliaksandra Piatrova, Zoya Dasko and Alina Nestsiarovich 16-12.
With six gold, six silver and two bronze, India now tops the medals tally. USA are second with four gold, four silver and two bronze. Chinese shooters are not participating in the event.
In the women’s 10m air Rifle team gold-medal match, India’s Nisha Kanwar, Zeena Khitta and Atmika Gupta lost to Hungary’s Eszter Meszaros, Eszter Denes and Lea Horvath, 14-16 to settle for silver.
Dhanush, who had won gold at Asian Championships, became the first Indian and perhaps the only shooter with hearing and speech impairment in the world to win a gold medal in the regular ISSF World Championships.
Dhanush, along with Paarth Makhija and Rajpreet Singh pipped a strong team from USA that included Tokyo Olympics gold medallist William Shaner, William Kissell and John Blanton 16-6.
The Indian trio topped the second qualification round with a total score of 624.5, while the Americans shot 622.5 to qualify for the gold-medal match. Dhanush’s 209.2 in two series of 10 shots was the highest among the Indians. Rajpreet scored 208, while Paarth totaled 207.3.
“He has been working really hard since he got into the national team. After winning gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Asian Championships in 2019 and has not stopped training even for a day,” Dhanush’s mother Asha told TOI.
“He is preparing himself for the Paris Olympics as it has been his dream to win an Olympics medal, just like his mentor Gagan Narang. We are thankful to Gagan sir and Dhanush’s coach Neha Chavan, as they have really worked hard to make Dhanush whatever he is today,” she added.
Dhanush trains at Narang’s academy, Gun For Glory, in Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, India continued to win gold as Manu Bhaker scored a hat-trick by clinching her third gold on Saturday.
Manu, who had won gold in 10m air pistol individual and mixed team events, won her third through the 10m air pistol women’s team event along with Rhythm Sangwan and Shikha Narwal.
The Indian team defeated Belarusian trio of Aliaksandra Piatrova, Zoya Dasko and Alina Nestsiarovich 16-12.
With six gold, six silver and two bronze, India now tops the medals tally. USA are second with four gold, four silver and two bronze. Chinese shooters are not participating in the event.
In the women’s 10m air Rifle team gold-medal match, India’s Nisha Kanwar, Zeena Khitta and Atmika Gupta lost to Hungary’s Eszter Meszaros, Eszter Denes and Lea Horvath, 14-16 to settle for silver.
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