India Takes Silver and Bronze in 10m Air Pistol SH1 Events

The shooting range gave India two medals in the same discipline at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026. Manish Narwal won silver in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event and Shrishti Arora won bronze in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated both shooters the same day.

Silver for Manish Narwal

Manish Narwal’s silver came with a score the Prime Minister described as impressive, and the performance itself was called an impressive one. The Prime Minister said the shooter kept setting himself apart through his focus and his commitment, congratulated him and wished him well for the work ahead. For a candidate preparing for an examination, the point to fix is the exact event: the men’s section of the 10m Air Pistol in the SH1 class, and a silver rather than a gold.

A debut bronze for Shrishti Arora

Shrishti Arora was competing at her first Asian Para Games, and she finished third in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event. The Prime Minister called the medal a wonderful beginning, said he was confident she would go on making the country proud and sent her his best wishes. The pairing of a debut and a medal is the sort of fact a paper setter likes, because it can be asked without mentioning a score at all.

Both medals at a glance

What SH1 stands for in the event name

Para shooting divides competitors into classes, and the class code travels with the name of the event. SH1 is the class in which both these medals were won, which is why the event is written as 10m Air Pistol SH1 and not simply 10m Air Pistol. An option list will often keep the distance correct and change the class code, so the code is as much part of the answer as the distance is.

For the exam

Remember the colour of each medal with the section it came from: Manish Narwal, men’s event, silver; Shrishti Arora, women’s event, bronze. The distance, the weapon and the class are the same for both, which makes the section and the colour the only things that separate them, and that is exactly where a question will be aimed.