On Tuesday, Tokyo Paralympic champion Avani Lekhra won gold in the women’s 10m air rifle standings SH1 at the Para Shooting World Cup in Chateauroux, France, with a world record score of 250.6.
The 20-year-old shooter broke his own world record of 249.6 to secure his spot in the Paris Paralympics in 2024. Poland’s Emilia Babska won the silver medal with a total score of 247.6, while Sweden’s Anna Norman won the bronze with 225.6.
SH1 athletes compete in rifle events despite having a lower limb impairment. Lekhara won the grand prize three days after her coach and escort were denied visas and she was on the verge of missing the tournament. “Chateroux is proud to bring home gold in the R2 10M Air Rifle SH1 event with a WR score in 2022 and India’s first Paris2024 quota,” the Sports Authority of India and the Sports Ministry said in a statement. My first int. Event since @paralympics. Many thanks to everyone who supported me!” He tweeted.
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Avani Lekhara, new world record holder in the R2 – standing women’s 10m air rifle SH1. Indian shooter breaks earlier record (249.6) by scoring 250.6 at Chateauroux 2022 World Cup in France!” “, according to Shooting Para Sport’s Twitter account. Lekhara won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle standings event in the SH1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics in August of last year. She went on to win a bronze medal in the women’s 50m Rifle Three Position SH1 event, becoming the first Indian woman to do so at the Paralympics.
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