Manish Narwal wins SH1 10m air pistol silver at Asian Para Games to secure LA 2028 quota

Manish Narwal (Image credit: Manish Narwal clinched a silver medal in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 to secure a quota place for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics as Indian shooters continued their medal run at the Asian Para Games on Tuesday.The Arjuna awardee from Ballabhgarh in Haryana’s Faridabad district shot 233.7 in the eight-man final to finish second on the podium.He became the third Indian para shooter to secure a place in the LA 2028 quota, after Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhar, who won gold and silver in the SH1 women’s 10m air rifle on Monday, the opening day of the shooting competition.South Korea’s Jo Jeongdu broke the Asian Para Games record with a score of 241.3 to win gold, while China’s Yang Chao won bronze with 213.6.The other Indian to reach the final, Rudransh Khandelwal, finished seventh with a score of 127.3.Narwal, who won silver in the same event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, added another medal to his collection after claiming bronze at the 2023 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou.