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Indian golfer Diksha Dagar came up with a superb 11-under successful the last circular to triumph by a immense borderline and support her golden medal astatine the Deaflympics present connected Thursday.
Diksha produced rounds of 68, 65, 72 astatine the par-72 Wakasu Golf Links to apical the podium by a whopping 14-stroke borderline successful women’s idiosyncratic strokeplay competition.
Diksha, who had won golden astatine the 2021 Deaflympics and a metallic astatine the 2017 variation of the Games, posted a three-day full of 11-under 205.
Margaux Rezo of France finished 2nd with an wide full of three-over 219, followed by Canada's Erica Dawn Rivard astatine five-over 221.
The 24-year-old had fired a four-under 68 connected the opening day, the lone sub-par people successful a tract of 21 players.
The Indian, who besides represented the state astatine the 2018 Asian Games successful Jakarta, was connected the heels of a blistery putter arsenic she changeable an astonishing 11-under successful circular 2 to permission the tract mode behind.
In 2019, she became lone the 2nd Indian pistillate golfer aft Aditi Ashok to triumph connected the Ladies European Tour astatine the property of 18.
Diksha, who had received a astonishment invitation from the International Golf Federation (IGF) to vie astatine the 2020 Olympics successful Tokyo, came up with different astonishing circular of 11-under arsenic she tallied 26-under implicit 54 holes.
Diksha is the lone hearing-impaired subordinate crossed the globe to person represented the state successful some Deaflympics and Olympic Games. She besides represented India astatine the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Her compatriots Harsh Singh, with a three-day tally of 22-over 238, finished solo 12th and Vibhu Tyagi ended astatine tied 14th with wide people of 24-over 240.
"I americium precise blessed to person won back-to-back golden medals astatine the Deaflympics. The contention is getting tougher each year. I had to vie against girls from 20 antithetic countries. I stuck to my program – attacking the flags connected par-5s and focusing connected my abbreviated crippled and attack shots," Diksha said.
"I would similar to convey the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Indian Golf Union for supporting maine passim this journey. I would besides similar to convey my sponsors and Ladies European Tour (LET) and Women's Golf Association of India for providing maine the vulnerability to woody with stiff competition."
