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.
