Vedika wins bronze

India won its third shooting medal at the 24th Deaflympics 2021, when Vedika Sharma clinched bronze in the women's 10M air pistol competition on Thursday.

Shooting on day four of competitions in the Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, Vedika shot 207.2 in the finals to finish behind Chinese Taipei's Kao Ya-Ju, who won silver with a score of 232. Ukraine's Inna Afonchenko won gold with final tally of 236.3 at the end of the 24-shot eight-woman final.

Dhanush Srikanth had won gold and Shourya Saini bronze in the men's 10M air rifle competition earlier on day three, to give India her first two shooting medals of the Deaflympics.

With the mixed team gold in badminton, India now has four medals from the Games and lie in eighth place on the medals table. IANS

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