Tokyo Paralympics: India joins President, Prime Minister in congratulating shooters Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adhana | Tokyo Paralympics News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday praised shooter Manish Narwal for clinching a gold medal in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
The President said that Narwal has made the country proud by winning a gold medal and making the tri-color fly high at the Tokyo Paralympics.
“Young Manish Narwal has done India proud by winning a shooting gold medal and making the tricolor fly high at the #Paralympics! You’ve shown immense talent and dedication at a very young age. Heartiest congratulations! May you win many laurels in the future,” tweeted the President.
“Singhraj Adana wins a silver medal and adds to his bronze winning performance in Tokyo #Paralympics. Congratulations for your exceptional performances. May you enjoy many more victories in the future,” the President further said in his tweet.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Manish and said his winning the gold medal is a special moment for Indian sports.
“Glory from the Tokyo #Paralympics continues. Great accomplishment by the young and stupendously talented Manish Narwal. His winning the Gold Medal is a special moment for Indian sports. Congratulations to him. Best wishes for the coming times. #Praise4Para,” tweeted PM Modi.
Modi also congratulated silver medalist Singhraj Adhana and wrote, “The outstanding Singhraj Adhana does it again! He wins yet another medal, this time in the Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. India rejoices due to his feat. Congrats to him. Wishing him the very best for the future endeavours. #Paralympics #Praise4Para”

The Vice President lauded the victory of Narwal and Singhraj and said the entire country is proud of you and elated at your win.
“Our Paralympians continue to bring glory to the nation! Heartiest congratulations to Manoj Narwal for winning Gold medal and Singhraj for bagging Silver medal in the Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event at Tokyo #Paralympics 2020. The entire country is proud of you and elated at your win,” tweeted the Vice President.

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur tweeted, “India strikes GOLD. Manish Narwal what a fabulous victory! Congratulations on also holding the World Record in this category! Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final. score of 218.2. New Paralympics Record.”
“It’s raining Medals for India. 15th medal for #IND ! ‘Superb Singhraj’ has created history by winning the SILVER. P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final with 216.7 points. 2nd medal at the games,” he further said in a tweet.

Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra also congratulated the shooters for registering their name in the history books.
“1-2 for India! The stuff of dreams…Gold for Manish Narwal with a Paralympic record in mixed 50m SH1! And Silver for Singhraj Adhana, his second medal of the #Tokyo2020 Paralympics. Just Incredible. Congratulations to both, we all are so proud #Praise4Para,” Abhinav Bindra tweeted.

Former sports minister and current Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju also congratulated Narwal for the victory.
He tweeted, “Another good news & great moment as India won Gold and Silver medals in shooting! Congratulations to Manish Narwal for the Gold Medal and Singhraj for the Silver medal at the #Tokyo2020 @Paralympics #Praise4Para #Cheer4India.”

The 19-year-old Manish created the Paralympic record as he amassed 218.2 points to clinch the yellow metal while Singhraj grabbed his second medal of the Tokyo Paralympics with 216.7 points. The Russian Paralympic Committee’s (RPC) Sergey Malyshev won the bronze medal.
Singhraj Adhana started better of the two Indians in the final as he was placed in the lead at the table after the first 10 shots while amassing 92.1 points. Manish, who finished seventh in the qualification, had a very jittery start to the final as he gathered 87.2 in the 1st competition stage.

Singhraj and Manish then stepped up when it mattered the most as both shooters held their nerves against the early charge of the Chinese pair in the elimination stage. Manish then dramatically dropped to the 4th position after the 18th shot. But in his 19th and 20th shot, the 19-year-old Indian hit a sensational 10.8 and 10.5 to grab the first place from Singhraj.
With a fight against the compatriot for a first-place finish, Manish finished with an 8.4 and 9.1, meanwhile Singhraj hit 8.5 and 9.4 in his last two shots.

Earlier in the qualification, Manish amassed 533-7x points while Singhraj scored 536-4x points after the end of six series.
The Indian duo reached the finals of the Tokyo Paralympics after a good show in the qualification event. Singhraj finished at the fourth position while Manish occupied the seventh spot.