Manish Narwal wins silver at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
India's para-athletes have won one medal after another. India won four medals on the second day of the Paralympics. Manish Narwal won India's fourth medal in shooting.
Manish Narwal won the silver medal in the men's P 1.10 m Air Pistol SH1 event. Manish Narwal won a gold medal for India at the Tokyo Paralympics. His second gold medal at the Paralympics was missed by a margin of 2.5 points. South Korea's Jo Jongdu won the gold medal. China's Yang Chao won the bronze medal.
Manish Narwal defeated South Korea's Jo Jongdu before winning the silver medal. 22-year-old Manish Narwal was in the lead for a long time, but he fell behind due to poor marks and South Korea's veteran shooter Jo Jongdu took the lead. Pistol shooter Shiva Narwal's elder brother Manish Narwal won the gold with a score of 234.9 while Jongdu shot 237.4. China's Yang Chao won the bronze with a score of 214.3.
India has so far won four medals at the Paris Paralympics. Avani Lekhara (gold), Manish Narwal and Mona Agarwal (bronze) won three medals in shooting and Pooja Pal won one medal in track events. Pooja Pal created history by winning a medal in the track event. .Who is Manish Narwal?
Manish Narwal is born right. It was heartbreaking for him. However, he gradually became successful in his goal of becoming a player. He recently told that when he was sitting with all the children in the first class, he was different from other children. He had a problem with his right hand. She cried a lot when she heard this. He was afraid to face people.
Manish Narwal was born on 17 October 2021. He has had problems with his right hand since childhood. The family tried their best but couldn't save Manish. Football was Manish's first love. Manish Narwal loved to play football. He dreamed of becoming a footballer but due to physical deformity, he could not choose it as his career. After this, with the support of his parents, he started training in shooting on the advice of a close friend. Coach Rakesh Thakur gave him training in shooting in Ballabhgarh itself.
Manish Narwal has won many medals in para shooting competitions. The most defining moment of his career came at the 2021 Para Shooting World Championships, when he won the gold medal in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event with a world record score of 229.1. He broke Serbia's Rastko Jokic's world record of 228.6.