World Deaf championship: Anuya Prasad wins air pistol gold

Anuya Prasad won the women’s air pistol gold in a thrilling fashion with a 10.3 last shot to beat Sofia Olenych of Ukraine by 0.1 point in the second World Deaf shooting championship in Hannover, Germany.

Pranjali Dhumal qualified with a world record 568, but finished fourth in the final behind another Ukrainian, Halyna Mosina.

In men’s air pistol, Abhinav Deshwal and Shubham Vashist won the silver and bronze medals respectively, behind Oleksii Lazebnyk of Ukraine. The Indian team, with Chetan Sapkal as the third member, won the silver behind Ukraine and ahead of host Germany.