At Paralympic Games in Paris, India clinched four medals today including a Gold, a silver and two bronze. India’s Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal won the gold and bronze respectively in the women’s 10m Air Rifle competition. Avani bettered her previous record set in the Tokyo Games to finish at the top. She finished with a total of 249.7 to achieve the new Paralympic record in the category. Her previous best was 249.6 in the Tokyo Paralympics. Mona won the first medal for the country in the Paris Paralympics on her debut in the Games.

Manish Narwal clinched a silver medal in the men’s 10-meter Air Pistol with a score of 234.9. The 22-year-old, who bagged a gold in the Mixed 50-meter Pistol event in the Tokyo Paralympics, held the first spot in the final after an initial round of shots in stage 2, but eventually lost his lead to finish second. Preeti Pal bagged bronze in the women’s 100-meter sprint as she achieved her personal best timing of 14.21 seconds to finish third in the final.