Manish Narwal Wins Silver At Asian Para Games, Secures LA 2028 Paralympic Quota

Manish Narwal won the silver medal in Asian Para Games (Credit: SAI)

Indian shooters continued to win medals at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Tuesday, with Manish Narwal capturing the silver medal in the men's 10m air pistol SH1 category and earning a quota spot for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics. In the eight-man final, the Arjuna recipient from Ballabhgarh in the Faridabad area of Haryana shot 233.7 to place second on the podium. After Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara, who won gold and silver, respectively, in the women's 10m air rifle SH1 event on Monday, the first day of the shooting competition, he became the third Indian parashooter to earn a spot in the LA 2028 quota.

Jo Jeongdu of South Korea won gold in the Asian Para Games with a score of 241.3, while Yang Chao of China won bronze with a score of 213.6. Rudransh Khandelwal, the other Indian to reach the final, placed seventh with a score of 127.3. After winning bronze at the 2023 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, Narwal added another medal to his collection. He had previously won silver in the same event at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

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