In the women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Avani Lekhara of India won the gold medal, Lee Yunri of the Republic of Korea won the silver medal, and Mona Agarwal of India won ...Read more

Avani Lekhara will compete in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 and the mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 events at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

India achieved a double podium finish in the women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Avani Lekhara won the gold medal, and Mona Agarwal won the bronze medal.

Avani Lekhara set a new Paralympic record with a score of 249.7 in the final of the women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1 event, breaking the previous record of 249.6, which she had set three years earlier at the ...Read more

Avani Lekhara is an Indian para shooter who recently won her second gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. She successfully defended her women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1 title, becoming the first Indian woman to win two gold ...Read more

The SH1 rifle shooting class in the Paralympics is for athletes who can support the weight of the rifle themselves. Shooters in this category have impairments in their legs, such as amputation or paraplegia.

As of Avani Lekhara’s latest win at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, India has won a total of 10 gold medals in Paralympics history.

Devendra Jhajharia, a javelin thrower, was the first Indian athlete to ...Read more