Golfer Diksha Dagar wins Deaflympics gold

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar got here up with an excellent 11-under within the ultimate spherical to win by an enormous margin and defend her gold medal on the Deaflympics right here on Thursday.

Diksha produced rounds of 68, 65, 72 on the par-72 Wakasu Golf Links to high the rostrum by a whopping 14-stroke margin in girls’s particular person strokeplay competitors.

Diksha, who had gained gold on the 2021 Deaflympics and a silver on the 2017 version of the Games, posted a three-day complete of 11-under 205.

Margaux Rezo of France completed second with an total complete of three-over 219, adopted by Canada’s Erica Dawn Rivard at five-over 221.

The 24-year-old had fired a four-under 68 on the opening day, the one sub-par rating in a area of 21 gamers.

The Indian, who additionally represented the nation on the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, was on the heels of a scorching putter as she shot a tremendous 11-under in spherical two to depart the sphere method behind.

In 2019, she turned solely the second Indian girl golfer after Aditi Ashok to win on the Ladies European Tour on the age of 18.

Diksha, who had acquired a shock invitation from the International Golf Federation (IGF) to compete on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, got here up with one other wonderful spherical of 11-under as she tallied 26-under over 54 holes.

Diksha is the one hearing-impaired participant throughout the globe to have represented the nation in each Deaflympics and Olympic Games. She additionally represented India on the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Her compatriots Harsh Singh, with a three-day tally of 22-over 238, completed solo twelfth and Vibhu Tyagi ended at tied 14th with total rating of 24-over 240.

“I am very happy to have won back-to-back gold medals at the Deaflympics. The competition is getting tougher every year. I had to compete against girls from 20 different countries. I stuck to my plan – attacking the flags on par-5s and focusing on my short game and approach shots,” Diksha mentioned.

“I would like to thank the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Indian Golf Union for supporting me throughout this journey. I would also like to thank my sponsors and Ladies European Tour (LET) and Women’s Golf Association of India for providing me the exposure to deal with stiff competition.”