TOKYO: Indian rifle shooter Mahit Sandhu won silver in 50m prone event with a world record in qualification for her third medal in the ongoing 25th Summer Deaflympics here on Thursday.

Mahit shot 246.1 in the finals to secure the silver medal while Eliska Svobodova of Czechia won the gold, with a score of 247.2.

Hungary's Mira Zsuzsanna Biatovszki won bronze with a score of 225.0. The other Indian shooter in the finals, Natasha Joshi finished in eighth position, going out after a shoot-off.

In the finals, Mahit was in fourth position after the completion of 14 shots. She moved into bronze-medal contention after the next series of two shots, overcoming Violeta Lykova of Ukraine and remained in the same position until the completion of 20 shots.

Mahit then hit a 9.8 and 10.2 in the next

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