Anuya, Pranjali seal gold and silver in Air Pistol at Deaflympics

Anuya Prasad and compatriot Pranjali Prashant Dhumal completed a 1-2 finish for India in the 10m Air Pistol event in shooting at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo on Monday.

Anuya Prasad also broke the Deaf final World Record enroute to winning the gold and Pranjali broke the qualification world record to book her place in the finals.

Abhinav Deshwal, who equalled the qualification world record, won silver in the men’s event, to take India’s shooting medals to seven after two days of competition.

Anuya Prasad shot 52.5 in the first series of the final and maintained her lead throughout the competition and eventually secured gold with a final score of 241.1, which was 4.3 points ahead of Pranjali who finished with a score of 236.8. Mahla Samiee of Iran won the bronze.

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Earlier in qualification, Pranjali broke her own World and Deaflympic records in qualification, finishing with a score of 572-12x, bettering the previous records of 568 and 561 respectively.

In the men’s event, Abhinav Deshwal shot 235.2 to win the silver medal.

Korea’s Tae Young Kim won the gold with a score of 238.2 while Croatia’s Boris Gramnyak won the bronze medal with a score of 215.3.

Abhinav also equalled the world and Deaflympics world record in qualification, shooting a score of 576. The other Indian in the fray, Rudar Vinod Kumar finished qualification in 12 ^th place with a score of 549.

The Air Rifle Mixed Teams will be in action tomorrow as Indian will look to add more medals to its tally in shooting at the Deaflympics. 

Published on Nov 17, 2025