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Deshwal wins gold in men's 10m air pistol at Deaflympics

The 15-year-old from Roorkee, Uttarakhand, was tied with silver winning Ukranian Oleksii Lazebnyk

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India won its second gold medal in shooting at the 24th Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil with Abhinav Deshwal claiming the men's 10m air pistol title.The 15-year-old from Roorkee, Uttarakhand, was tied with silver winning Ukranian Oleksii Lazebnykat 234.2 points apiece at the end of the 24-shot final, before winning gold in a shoot-off where he shot a 10.3 to his opponent's 9.7. IANS

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