Overview
- Sandhu totaled 456.0 over 45 shots in Tokyo, reclaiming the lead after a 9.4 on shot 41 to secure her second gold of the Games.
- South Korea’s Dain Jeong took silver with 453.5, and Hungary’s Mira Zsuzsanna Biatovszki claimed bronze with 438.6.
- She topped qualification with a Deaf world-record 585-31x, surpassing her previous benchmark of 576 set in Hannover with series of 194 (kneeling), 198 (prone) and 193 (standing).
- India’s Natasha Joshi reached the final, qualifying seventh at 566-12x and finishing fifth with 417.1.
- India’s shooting tally stands at 14 medals—five gold, six silver and three bronze—with Abhinav Deshwal and Chetan Hanmant Sapkal slated to compete next in the 25m pistol.