Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win Paralympic gold
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Indian athlete Avani Lekhara became the first woman from her country to win Paralympic gold in the history of the Games, after scoring 249.6 in the women's 10m air rifle standing final at Tokyo on Monday.
The 19-year-old Lekhara broke the Paralympic record and equaled the world record with her victory -- beating defending champion Zhang Cuiping of China and Ukraine's Iryna Shchetnik, who won silver and bronze respectively. Competing at her first Games, Lekhara is also India's first Olympian or Paralympian to win a gold medal in shooting, bringing her country's Tokyo medal count to five.
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