14-year-old Ranveer Singh bags gold medal at Special Olympics World Games

Update: 2015-08-01 12:52 GMT
<p><strong data-style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">Los Angeles: </strong><span data-style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">Golfer Ranveer Singh Sainicreated history by becoming the first Indian to win a Gold&nbsp;</span><span data-style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">medal at the Special Olympics World Games here.</span></p><p><img width: 620px; height: 1102px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/11816239_1684499191769771_4744833032398686282_o.jpg"></p><p><img width: 620px; height: 1102px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/11779831_1684501305102893_668406052559086384_o.jpg"></p><p><span data-style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">The 14-year-old autistic golfer achieved the feat in GF&nbsp;Golf-Level 2 Alternate Shot Team Play event on Friday.</span></p><p><strong><span data-style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">Check out: <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150724/sports-other-sports/article/young-shubham-wins-successive-title-world-junior-title">10-year-old Shubham Jaglan does it again, clinches second World Golf title</a></span></strong></p><p><img width: 620px; height: 1102px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/11834843_1684499315103092_8538866433735086720_o (1).jpg">&nbsp;<img font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em; width: 620px; height: 825px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/11822520_1684499271769763_1139812505415608107_n (1).jpg"></p><p><img width: 620px; height: 1102px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/11754559_1684501395102884_4865455895173072649_o_0.jpg"></p><p>Ranveer and his partner Monica Jajoo were nine shots&nbsp;clear of joint second-placed teams from Hong Kong (Tsz Leung&nbsp;Chung-Ka Kit Lam) and Nippon (Takefumi Hiyoshi-Tadatoshi&nbsp;Sakai).</p><p><span data-style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">The Gurgaon-based teenager was diagnosed with autism, a neurological disorder characterised by impaired social interaction, at the age of 2. He took to the sport at the age of nine.</span></p><p>Two years ago Saini became the first Indian golfer to win two gold medals at the Asia Pacific World Games.</p><p><strong>(All photos: Facebook)</strong></p>

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