Deaflympics 2025: Shourya Saini clinches silver in 50m rifle 3P
Young marksman Shourya Saini won the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions silver medal as India’s strong run in shooting at the Deaflympics continued in Tokyo on Friday. His podium finish took India’s shooting tally to 13 medals, with four gold, six silver and three bronze.
Saini, 22, aggregated 450.6 in the final, finishing behind Germany’s Matthias Erik Hess, who produced a deaf world record of 459.8.
The other Indian finalist, Kushagra Singh Rajawat, placed eighth after entering the medal round on the back of a bronze in the 50m rifle prone event earlier in the competition.
Saini had dominated qualification with a deaf world record score of 584 built on series of 96, 100, 96, 98, 97 and 97. Rajawat shot 575 to qualify sixth.
Published on Nov 21, 2025