Avani Lekhara won her first gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal won the country's first two medals at the Paris Paralympics. Avani won the gold medal in the women's individual shooting event. He has won two consecutive Paralympic gold medals.
On Friday, Avani competed in the women's 10m air rifle SH1 final. She won the gold medal with 10.5 points. South Korean shooter Y. Lee gets silver. Avani set a new record at the Paralympics with a gold medal.
Avani also won gold at the Tokyo Paralympics. This time too, he was expected to win a medal. Paris did not disappoint. Avani won gold in the final with a score of 249.7. South Korea's Wonri Lee took silver. Her score is 246.8. That is, Avni won the gold with about 3 points more. That's a big difference in shooting. Mona won bronze in the event with a score of 228.7. Two shooters from India reached the final. Both gave medals to the country. On Friday, Avani finished second in the qualifying round and reached the final, and Mona finished in fifth position.
Avni, a 22-year-old young woman from Jaipur, was hoping for a medal. At the last Tokyo Paralympics, she won gold in the 10m air rifle SH1 event and bronze in the 50m rifle 3 position SH1 event. Avani had won gold in both of these events at the Para Shooting World Cup held in France in 2022.
Bronze medallist Mona is also a shooter from Rajasthan. Mona had won a quota at the Paris Paralympics after winning a gold medal at the World Cup last year. Naturally, there was hope for a medal with him. He lived up to expectations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the two athletes on social media for their success. Avani and Mona's success saw India enter the top 10 in the Paris Paralympics medal tally. India is number nine in the list with one gold and one bronze medal.
