- Manish Narwal won the gold medal in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on September 4, 2021. Narwal won India’s 3rd Gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. Compatriot Singhraj Adana won the silver medal in the same event. Shooter Narwal and Adana took India's medal tally to 15.
- 19-year-old Narwal made a Paralympic record when he shot a total of 218.2 points to win the Gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. 39-year-old Adana won the Silver medal with 216.7 points. Sergey Malyshev of the Russian Olympic Committee won the Bronze medal with 196.8 points
- In the finals, Narwal shot 8.4 and 9.1 while Adana shot 8.5 and 9.4 in their last two shots. Adana has also won the Bronze medal in the P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event on August 31, 2021. The President of India Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate both the Para athletes for winning medals at the Paralympics.
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