Xtra Time Web Desk: Tokyo Paralympics gold medal winner Avani Lekhara won R8- Women’s 50m 3P SH1 event during the ongoing Chateauroux Para Shooting World Cup 2022 on Saturday. She won gold by achieving a score of 458.3. This is her second gold at the event.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Avani Lekhara on Twitter. He tweeted, Proud of Avani Lekhara for winning another Gold at #Chateauroux2022. Her determination to scale new heights is remarkable. I congratulate her on this feat and wish her the very best for the future.
Earlier on Tuesday, Avani Lekhara won a gold medal with a world record score of 250.6 in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle and secured a place at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The 20-year-old shooter broke her own world record of 249.6.
Apart from her, para rifle shooter Srihari Devaraddi clinched a gold medal in Mixed 10m Air Rifle SH2 with a shot total of 253.1 in the final after defeating Slovenia’s Tirsek F by just 0.5 points.