The Air Pistol Mixed Teams: Indian shooters sealed another double podium at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo winning both the gold and bronze medals in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.

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The pair of Dhanush Srikanth and Mahit Sandhu clinched the gold medal overcoming the South Korean pair Jeon Dain and Kim Woorim in the gold medal match while Mohammed Murtaza Vania and Komal Milind Waghmare added a bronze medal to their individual medals after getting the better of Ukrainian pair of Violeta Lykova and Oleksandr Kostyk.

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In the gold medal match, Dhanush and Mahit raced to a 4-0 lead in beginning and maintained a clear gap with the Korean pair, eventually clinching the match 17-7. This is Dhanush’s second gold meal of the Deaflympics while Mahit added a gold to her silver which she won in the individual event.

The pair of Dhanush Srikanth and Mahit Sandhu clinched the gold medal overcoming the South Korean pair Jeon Dain and Kim Woorim in the gold medal match while Mohammed Murtaza Vania and Komal Milind Waghmare added a bronze medal to their individual medals after getting the better of Ukrainian pair of Violeta Lykova and Oleksandr Kostyk.

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The Indian shooters have won a total of nine medals across three days of competition. The Air Pistol Mixed Teams will be in action tomorrow as Indian will look to add more medals to their tally in shooting at the Deaflympics.

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