Tokyo Paralympic Games: Indian Shooter Disappointed In The Mixed 10m Air Rifle Upside Down (SH1) Qualifier.
Tokyo Paralympic Games: Indian shooters are not eligible to participate in Wednesday’s 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 mixed final.
The striker Avani Lekhara, who became India’s first Paralympic women’s gold medal winner two days ago, was unable to replicate her success when she crashed in the qualifying round of the 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 mixed event on Wednesday. SH1 (Rifle) allows people who have no upper limbs but one or two lower limbs to participate in the competition. Lekhara was not at his peak as usual. He was disappointingly ranked 27th with a score of 629.7 and slipped in the third round.
Other Indian shooters in the men’s event, Sidhartha Babu and Deepak Kumar witnessed a terrible start. They finished 40th and 43rd with 625.5 and 624.9 respectively. Their results at the Asaka shooting range.
German Natascha Hiltrop Won the silver and bronze medals, South Korea’s Park Jinho and Ukraine’s Iryna Schetnik won the silver and bronze medals.
The 19-year-old Lekhara made history in his Paralympic debut, winning the gold medal in the women’s SH1 R2 positioning 10m air rifle and winning India’s first Paralympic shooting medal.
Lecara, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident in 2012, completed the world record with a total score of 249.6, which is also a new record for the Paralympics.
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