India attained more glory at the Tokyo Paralympics, with Manish Narwal and Singhraj winning the gold and silver medals in the 50m pistol shooting event, as the Indians rejoiced on social media.
It was more glory for India in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics, as a couple of more medals came its way. Manish Narwal and Singhraj handed India the gold and silver medals, respectively, at the 50m pistol shooting event on Saturday morning.
Consequently, it took India's medal tally to 15, while the contingent has now won four medals in the shooting category. It happened to be the SH1 category, as athletes with impairment in an arm or a leg compete in this category, with shooters taking the shot by standing or sitting.
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Evidently, following the feat, the entire nation rejoiced on social medial, celebrating the performance. Here are some of the top Twitter reactions following the medal rush.
Deepa Malik
Dominating the podium with some fantastic shooting and the Gold and Silver medals are ours! Stupendous shooting by Manish Narwal to win the 🥇 Medal, and Singhraj to win the 🥈 and win his second medal at the pic.twitter.com/KeIoCmOoyn
— Deepa Malik (@DeepaAthlete)Kieren Rijiju
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 pic.twitter.com/Zr3ZQtVpCr
Shams Aalam
HISTORY MADE at
Second medal for Singhraj Adhana as he wins Silver with a score of 216.7 in Men’s Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Event!
This is probably the best ever performance of India in shooting in either Olympics or Paralympics as India won 5 medals just in Shooting! pic.twitter.com/8EkslOTl9t
Thums Up
19-39. Age is no barrier for these superheroes. Nothing is while winning a brilliant medal tally for the country. brings home the gold while brings his 2nd medal,a silver in the events at the https://t.co/Yp1pv0VWEx
— Thums Up (@ThumsUpOfficial)Abhinav Bindra
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 Paralympics. Just Incredible. Congratulations to both, we all are so proud
— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra)Anurag Thakur
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. pic.twitter.com/SEhVxXdA3m
Virender Sehwag
What a wonderful moment to see two Indians winning both the Gold as well as Silver. for 19 yr old Manish Narwal for Singhraj Adhana .
Make that 15 medals. Brilliant display from Team India at pic.twitter.com/HnH1ey79Bs
Abhishek Bachchan
The glorious performances continue! Congratulations and for winning and , respectively, at pic.twitter.com/6eTlHRicFK
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan)Joydeep Karmakar
Cant express my happiness at this moment ! Its again a blockbuster from the shooters! both for 🇮🇳.Incredible duo of & does it in style..2nd medal for Singhraj.par yeh dil mange more!! Am I getting greedy?!
— Joydeep Karmakar OLY (@Joydeep709)VVS Laxman
This is fantastic. for 19-year-old Manish Narwal in Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final .
Also Singhraj Adhana winning his second medal of the winning a Siver.
Hats off to our stars. pic.twitter.com/JYuQ9ZTBkR
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