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19-YO Avani Lekhara First Indian Woman To Win 2 Paralympics Medals

History was created at Tokyo when para shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the Paralympic Games. The 19-year-old girl from Rajasthan bagged gold in women's 10m Air Rifle SH1 with a world record score of 249.6 in the final. Her campaign did not end there. Avani clinched her second medal of the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday (Sept 3), a bronze in women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 event. With this, she has also become the first Indian woman to bag two medals in Paralympics.

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Devbrat Patnaik

03 Sep 2021 21:40 IST

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India’s Avani Lekhara smiles on the range on her way to winning the Shooting Women’s 10m AR Standing SH1 Final at the Asaka Shooting Range during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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Para shooter Avani waves after winning gold medal in women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event at the Tokyo Paralympics

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Avani Lekhara poses for photographs while standing on the podium after receiving the historic gold medal.

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Avani Lekhara in action at the Women’s 50m Rifle 3P SH1 event at Paralympics 2020. She won a bronze.

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An artist from Gurukul Art School in Mumbai makes a painting congratulating Avani Lekhara for winning Gold medal in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

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