Tokyo [Japan], November 19 (ANI): Indian shooters continued their fine run at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, as Abhinav Deshwal and Pranjali Prashant Dhumal clinched the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol event with a dominating 16-6 win over Ya-Ju Kao and Ming-Jui Hsu of Chinese Taipei on Wednesday.

In the second event of the day, Kushagra Singh Rajawat won bronze in the 50m Rifle Prone event, taking India's shooting medal tally to 11 and are the only medals India has won till now in Tokyo.

Abhinav and Pranjali maintained their commanding position from the start of the gold medal match and never gave their opponents any chance for a comeback. The pair had earlier equalled the Deaf World and Olympic record in qualification, which was set in the previous Deaflympics by the same pair.

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