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India's ace shooter Avani Lekhara entered the final of the women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 competition after finishing the qualification in seventh place at the ongoing Paralympics on Tuesday.


The other Indian shooter in the field, Mona Agarwal, however, could not clear the qualification hurdle and ended in the 13th position.

Avani shot a total of 1159 across the three stages of kneeling, prone and standing while Mona aggregated 1147.

The top eight shooters from the qualification progress to the finals.

This SH1 class is designated for athletes with lower limb impairment for competition in rifle shooting events.

Avani Lekhara is currently maintaining the 8th spot. She shoots 98 in Series 4 of the Prone Stage. She shoots a total of 390 in this round.

Mona Agarwal shoots 381 in Kneeling Stage. She is at 12th spot right now.

Avani Lekhara shoots 388 (97, 97, 97, 97) in Kneeling Stage.

She is at 6 spot right now.

Born with an upper limb disability in the left-hand, life has always been a struggle for Thulasimathi Murugesan. But the 22-year-old Tamil Nadu girl, daughter of a daily-wage labourer, never lost hope. Thulasimathi became the first Indian woman shuttler to win a Paralympics silver medal after a dream run to the final in the SU5 category on Sunday night. In the final on Monday, Thulasimathi went down to China’s Yang Qiu Xia in straight games 17-21, 10-21.

Inspired by the country's armed forces and cricket star Virat Kohli, a determined Kumar Nitesh sparkled with a gold medal on debut before javelin throw champion Sumit Antil joined India's para-badminton players in ensuring that the nation celebrated its best day at the ongoing Paralympic Games.

Thanks to their heroics, India remained on course for a record-breaking medal haul.

Nitesh, a 29-year-old engineering graduate from IIT-Mandi, who lost his left leg in a train accident back in 2009, won the top honours in the men's singles SL3 category, defeating Tokyo silver-medallist Daniel Bethell of Britain 21-14 18-21 23-21 in a gruelling final that lasted over an hour.

Later in the evening, Antil hogged the limelight with his exploits as he became the first Indian man to defend Paralympic title by winning the javelin throw F64 final with a Games record of 70.59m.

The 26-year-old world record holder from Sonipat in Haryana bettered his own earlier Paralympic best of 68.55m set in Tokyo while winning the gold three years ago.

His world record stands at 73.29m.

Antil is the second Indian overall after shooter Avani Lekhara to defend a Paralympic title.

F64 category is for athletes with problems in the lower limb(s), those competing with prosthesis or affected by leg length difference.