Tokyo/New Delhi, Nov. 23 -- Abhinav Deshwal won India's 15th medal in shooting at the 25th Summer Deaflympics, clinching the gold in the 25m Pistol event.
He shot a score of 44 in the finals edging past South Korea's Seung Hwa Lee in the final, who finished on a score of 43. Serhii Formin of Ukraine won the bronze while the other Indian shooter, Chetan Hanmant Sapkal finished in fifth place.
Abhinav started the finals with five perfect hits, following it up with another four hits in the second series. He hit the next 18 of 20 shots which included two series of perfect fives and two rounds of four hits. He then hit two perfect rounds and followed it up a round of four hits. In the tenth and final round, Abhinav hit three, his lowest round ...