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Avani Lekhara won India’s first medal in shooting at the Tokyo Paralympics in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event on Monday. She won the gold medal with a complete score of 249.6 in the last, equalling the world record. This is India’s fourth medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games up until now.
The 19-year-old additionally prearranged history turning into the principal Indian women to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.
In general, she is the fourth Indian competitor to win a Paralympics gold after swimmer Murlikant Petkar (1972), javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia in 2004 and 2016, and high jumper Thangavelu Mariyappan in 2016.
She qualified for the final completing seventh in the qualification round with a total score of 621.7. Avani arranged a decent recuperation after a sluggish begin to progress to the finals of the show-stopper occasion.
She enlisted great scores of 104.9, 104.8 in her third and fourth endeavor to be in the game prior to scoring 104.1 in the last round of capability. The Indian shooter will currently clash in the finals of the showpiece event.
In the SH1 Rifle class, shooters can hold a weapon with arms. The competitors have a weakness in their legs, for instance removals or paraplegia. A few competitors will contend in a situated position, while others will contend in a standing position
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