New Delhi: The start of winning medals by Indian athletes in the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday continued on Monday as well. Female shooter Avani Lekhara targeted Gold. Avani equaled the world record by securing 249.6 points in the Class SH1 final of women’s 10m air rifle and secured the first position. He entered the finals by finishing 7th in the qualification round. This is also the country’s first gold medal in the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
The whole country is happy with his success. Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra is also very excited by this performance of Avni. He announced to give a special gift to Avni by tweeting.
Anand Mahindra wrote that a week ago Deepa Malik suggested we develop an SUV for the differently-abled. Like Deepa uses in Tokyo. I requested my colleague Velu, who is also our development head, to take up this challenge. Well, Velu, I would like to dedicate and gift the first such SUV made by you to #AvaniLekhara.
PM Modi also congratulated Avni
There was an influx of congratulators as soon as Avani won the gold medal in the Tokyo Paralympics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also encouraged Avni by tweeting. Describing Avni’s performance as extraordinary, he wrote that it was possible because of your hardworking nature and passion for shooting. This is indeed a special moment for Indian sports. Best wishes to you for your future endeavors.
Whether it is Olympics or Paralympics…Avni Lekhara has been crowned the first Indian Golden Girl.
Avani is the first female athlete from India to win Olympic or Paralympic gold. Prior to him, PV Sindhu and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu had won silver. She is only the fourth Indian player to win gold in the Paralympics. The first gold was won by Murlikant Petkar in the 1972 Paralympics. The second and third were given by Devendra Jhajharia and the fourth by Mariyappan Thangavelu.
At the same time, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 this month.
