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Friday, Jun 13, 2025
Lekhara became India's first woman gold medallist at the Paralympic Games when she shot a total of 249.6 in the 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 in Tokyo on Monday.
The 19-year-old finished with a world record equalling total of 249.6, which is also a new Paralympic record.
The 40-year-old Jhajahria, already India's greatest Paralympian after winning gold medals in the 2004 and 2016 Games, pulled off a new personal best throw of 64.35m for the silver.
Brazil's Santos doe Claudiney Batista bagged the gold with a new Paralympic Games record of 45.59m while Cuba's Leonardo Alandana Diaz took bronze with a best throw of 43.36m.
The result has been challenged by some other competitors, who have objected to Vinod' classification in the F52 category.
Kumar cleared 2.06m to win the silver and set an Asian record in men's high jump T47 event.
Patel, who was diagnosed with polio when she was 12 months old, had defeated world no 3 Miao Zhang of China in the semifinal showdown on Saturday.
Bhavina came back strongly from a game deficit to stun World No 3 Miao 3-2 in the thrilling semifinal clash.
India's biggest-ever contingent to the Paralympic Games -- 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines -- will be heading to Tokyo.
National record holder long jumper Sreeshankar failed miserably as he finished 13th in qualification B and 25th overall out of 29 competitors with a below-par best effort of 7.69m.
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