30 August,2021 08:29 AM IST | Tokyo | IANS
India`s Avani Lekhara competes in the shooting women`s 10m AR standing SH1 final at the Asaka Shooting Range during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Pic/ AFP
India's Avani Lekhara won the first gold medal for the country at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in Women's 10m Air Rifle SH1 with a world record score of 249.6 in the elimination round on Monday.
The 19-year-old Avani, who sustained spinal cord injuries in a car accident in 2012, qualified seventh for the final but shot superbly to leapfrog to the top in the final.
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China's Zhang Cuiping took silver, as she did in Rio 2016, with a score of 248.9 while Ukraine's Iryna Schetnik finished with a total of 227.5 for bronze.
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