Karni shooting range

The Khelo India Para Games: In a thrilling battle between Paralympians at the Dr. Karni Shooting Range, Uttar Pradesh's Akash won the gold medal in the mixed 50m pistol SH1 category ahead of Paris 2024 Paralympian Rudransh Khandelwal of Rajasthan at the Khelo India Para Games 2025 here on Tuesday.

The Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) shooting competition came to an end with Rajasthan topping the medal tally with nine medals that included four gold medals and two silver. Uttar Pradesh (four medals with two gold) and Maharashtra (three medals with two gold) finished second and third in the shooting standings.

With two days of competition left in this edition of the Khelo India Para Games, a total of 166 gold medals have been decided by the end of Day 6 on Tuesday. Haryana (95 medals with 30 gold) has a healthy lead over No. 2 Tamil Nadu (67 with 25 gold) and Uttar Pradesh (54 medals with 22 gold). Rajasthan has 60 medals, with 22 gold medals, but has two fewer silver medals than UP, who have 18.