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Pranavi Urs wins historic women's individual golf gold at Asian Games

Hindustan Times2h
THE BRIEF
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Twenty-three-year-old Pranavi Urs won India's first-ever women's individual golf gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday.

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Pranavi finished with a 15-under 265 total to secure a dramatic one-shot victory over China's world No. 6 Yin Ruoning, who took silver after a playoff win over Singapore's Shannon Tan.

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Despite a triple bogey on the third hole of her final round, Pranavi rebounded with steady iron play to secure the historic title, while joining Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar to win team silver.