Indian golfer Diksha Dagar got here up with an excellent 11-under within the final spherical to win by an enormous margin and clinch the gold medal at Deaflympics 2025, right here on Thursday.
The 24-year-old, who had represented the nation on the 2017 Deaflympics when the game was included within the occasion for the very first time and returned with a silver, lastly took the highest spot on the rostrum on the Wakasu Golf Hyperlinks due to her scientific placing.
The Indian had fired a four-under 68 on the opening day, the one sub-par rating in a area of 21 gamers.
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Diksha, who additionally certified to characterize the nation on the 2018 Asian Video games in Jakarta and a yr later grew to become solely the second Indian girl golfer after Aditi Ashok to win on the Girls European Tour on the age of 18, was on the heels of a sizzling putter as she shot a tremendous 11-under in spherical two to depart the sphere approach behind.
The Indian, who had acquired a shock invitation from the Worldwide Golf Federation (IGF) to compete on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, got here up with one other superb spherical of 11-under as she tallied 26-under over 54 holes.
French golfer Margaux Brejo took the silver with a rating of 3-over par, whereas Canada’s Erica Daybreak Rivard bagged bronze with a 5-over.
Revealed on Nov 20, 2025