Mona Agarwal Secures Gold, Avani Lekhara Takes Silver at Asian Para Games

At the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, India celebrated a significant achievement as Mona Agarwal clinched the gold medal and Avani Lekhara secured silver in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event on Monday.

Mona finished with a score of 250.0 points, narrowly edging out Avani, who scored 249.6 points. South Korea's Lee Yunri took the bronze with 227.9 points. The competition was intense, with both Indian shooters maintaining a strong performance throughout the final.

Mona also set a new qualification record earlier in the event with a score of 629.1 points, surpassing the previous record held by China's Zhang Cuiping. Avani, who had previously won gold at the 2022 Hangzhou Games, continued her medal streak by finishing second.