Dhanush Srikanth became the first Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Deaflympics on Wednesday. The Hyderabad shooter clinched the yellow metal in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the 24th Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, after shooting a world-record score for the hearing impaired in the final.
Dhanush shot 247.5 in the final while Korea’s Kim Woo Rim bagged the silver with the final score of 246.6. The bronze went to Dhanush’s teammate Shourya Saini, who shot 224.3. Dhanush, 19, broke German shooter Colin Muller’s record of 243.2 set in 2019. He trains at Gagan Narang’s Gun For Glory Academy in Hyderabad.
