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India Opens Tokyo Deaflympics Shooting With Four Medals as Srikanth Sets World Record

The record-setting start underscores India's depth at a centennial Tokyo Games drawing 3,081 athletes from 81 nations.

Overview

  • Dhanush Srikanth won men's 10m air rifle gold with a Deaf Final World Record of 252.2, leading an India 1–2 finish.
  • Mohammed Murtaza Vania took silver in the men's final with 250.1, while South Korea's Baek Seunghak claimed bronze with 223.6.
  • Srikanth topped qualification with 630.6 for a Deaflympic record, with Vania second on 626.3 to enter the final strongly positioned.
  • In the women's 10m air rifle, Mahit Sandhu earned silver with 250.5 and Komal Waghmare secured bronze with 228.3.
  • Ukraine's Lydkova Violeta won the women's title with a reported world record of 252.4, and India next targets the 10m air rifle mixed team event.