Record Smashed, Gold Secured! Mahit Sandhu Dominates 50m Rifle 3P At Tokyo Deaflympics

Last Updated:November 22, 2025, 5:03 PM IST

Mahit Sandhu wins her fourth medal at Tokyo Summer Deaflympics, clinching gold in 50m Rifle 3 Positions and breaking world records.

India’s Mahit Sandhu is on a golden tear in Tokyo, and she’s not slowing down.

The 20-year-old shooting sensation clinched the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions gold, her fourth medal of a dazzling Summer Deaflympics debut.

Mahit fired a superb 456.0 in the 45-shot final, pulling away from South Korea’s Dain Jeong (453.5) and Hungary’s Mira Zsuzsanna Biatovszki (438.6).

But the medals were only part of the story — Mahit also smashed the Deaf Qualification World Record and the Deaflympics record, topping qualification with a stunning 585-31x, eclipsing her own previous world mark of 576.

Her series — 194 in kneeling, 198 in prone, 193 in standing — left the field chasing shadows. India’s Natasha Joshi also reached the final, finishing fifth after qualifying seventh with 566-12x.

In the final, Mahit controlled the match from the outset through kneeling, prone and the first standing series. A rare 9.4 on shot 41 briefly opened the door for Jeong, but the Indian ace shut it instantly, drilling four consecutive 10s to clinch gold with ice-cold precision.

India’s shooters have now racked up 14 medals at these Games — five gold, six silver and three bronze — with Abhinav Deshwal and Chetan Hanmant Sapkal still in contention in the 25m pistol.

(with PTI inputs)

Siddharth Sriram

After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas. His long-term…Read More

After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas. His long-term… Read More

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