World deaf championship

World Deaf Shooting Championship: Shourya Saini shot a World Deaf Championship record of 452.4 to secure the gold medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) men’s event on Day Six of the 2nd World Deaf Shooting Championship 2024, being held at Hanover, Germany.

Chetan Hanmant Sapkal clinched bronze in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (RFP) to take India’s medal tally to 17 medals -- five gold, seven silver, and five bronze -- in the championship.

Shourya had earlier qualified for the final with a qualification score of 580. The other Indian in the fray, Kushagra Singh, finished fourth in the final. This is Shourya’s second medal in the championship after his silver in the men’s 10m Air Rifle individual event earlier.