Avani Lekhara wins gold for India in Tokyo Paralympics

Avani Lekhara created history after winning India's first Gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics. She achieved this prestigious feat and equaled the current WR to win the Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 final!

The 19-year-old ended her Paralympics journey with a world record-equalling total of 249.6. Her medal is India's fourth medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games as of now. Moreover, Avani Lekhara is also the 4th Indian athlete to win a Paralympics gold after Murlikant Petkar (1972), Devendra Jhajharia (2004 and 2016), and Thangavelu Mariyappan (2016).

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The Gold-medalist said to the PTI, "I can't describe this feeling, I'm feeling like I'm on top of the world. It's unexplainable. I'm so happy I could be the one to contribute it. Hopefully, there's a lot of medals more to come."

She also added, "I'm so happy I could be the one to contribute it. Hopefully, there's a lot of medals more to come. I was just saying one thing, that I have to take one shot at a time. There's nothing else matters now, just take one shot at a time and just finish it."

Lekhara has made the entire nation proud through her extraordinary achievements at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.