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India win gold and bronze in Para Shooting World Championships

NEW DELHI: India won two medals – a gold and a bronze – in the Para Shooting World Championship at Al Ain, UAE on Monday.

India’s Rahul Jakhar, Singhraj Adhana and Nihal Singh claimed the gold in P3 team event — 25m pistol mixed SH1.

In the individual event, Rahul Jakhar (21 points) bagged a bronze medal, finishing behind Kim Jungnam of South Korea and Olseken Denysiuk of Ukraine.

In the P3 – mixed air rifle prone event, India’s Avani Lekhara shot 630.6 to finish 19th in the qualifying round. Sidhartha Babu was placed 17th with a score of 631.3 points.