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The incredible Avani Lekhara became the first Indian to claim successive Paralympic gold medals with a recordshattering top finish in the womenrsquos 10m air rifle SH1 shooting competition and had a bronzewinning Mona Agarwal for company on the podium in a historic double for the country here on Friday Winner of the Tokyo Paralympics gold three years back Avani 22 shot a superb 2497 to erase her own Paralympic record of 2496 set in the Japanese capital three years backGold medallist Avani Lekhara with her medal PicsGetty ImagesMona who dabbled in several sports including shotput powerlifting and wheelchair volleyball before settling on shooting notched up 2287 for the thirdplace finish This is the first time in Indiarsquos Paralympic history that two shooters have pulled off medals in a single event Avani who hails from Jaipur endured a tough buildup to the Paralympics She grappled with a host of health issues including a gallbladder surgery which forced her to take a recovery break of one and half monthsAlso ReadParis Paralympics 2024 Indias medal tally winnersAvani has trained her eyes on more glory in the Paris Paralympics saying she wants to stand on the podium in her remaining two events too ldquoIt was a very close final There was very less gap between 1 2 and 3 I was focussing on my thought process and not the resultrdquo Avani said after her historic win here ldquoIrsquom happy that the Indian national anthem was the first national anthem that got played in the arena this time too I have two more matches to go so Irsquom focusing on winning more medals for the countryrdquo she addedBronze medalwinner Mona Agarwal celebrates on the podiumMona said ldquoIt was very difficult but I succeeded So thank you Being in the company of Avani definitely helped She is a champion and she inspires merdquoIndians in action todaygtgt Para badmintonWomenrsquos singles SL3 Mandeep Kaur v Celine Vinot Australiahellip 1200Menrsquos singles SL3 Nitesh Kumar v Mongkhon Bunsun Thailandhellip 1320Manoj Sarkar v Yang Jianyuan Chinahellip 1400Menrsquos singles SL4 Sukant Kadam v Siripong Teamarrom Thailandhellip 1440Tarun v Lucas Mazur Francehellip 1520Womenrsquos singles SU5 Manisha Ramadass v Yang Qiu Xia Chinahellip 1600gtgt Para shootingMenrsquos 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification Swaroop Unhalkarhellip 1300Womenrsquos 10m air pistol SH1 qualification Rubina Francishellip1530gtgt Para cyclingWomenrsquos C13 500m time trial qualifying Jyoti Gaderiyahellip 1330Menrsquos C13 500m time trial qualifying Arshad Shaikhellip 1349gtgt Para rowingPR3 Mixed double sculls repechage Anita K Narayanahellip 1440gtgt Para ArcheryWomenrsquos individual compound 18 elimination Sarita v Eleonora Sarti Italyhellip 1900Sheetal Devi v Mariana Zuniga Chilehellip 2059gtgt Para athleticsMenrsquos javelin throw F57 final Parveen Kumarhellip 2230This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever