Jaipur4 hours ago
There is no dearth of talent in our players, if they get a chance, they can win the world. This is proved by our shooters. Till 3 days back, he was wandering the streets of Delhi for visa, now winning back to back gold in the ongoing Parachuting World Cup in France.
On Wednesday morning, the pair of Avani Lakhera and Sriharsha Deva Reddy won gold with a score of 253.1 in the R-4 Mixed 10m Rifle SH2. This is Avani’s second gold. Avani (250.6) on Tuesday took 10m. Won the golden medal with a world record in the Air Rifle event. With this gold, the pair of Avani-Sriharsha has secured a ticket for the Paris Paralympic Games to be held in 2024. A day earlier, Avani had secured the quota.
Three days ago, Avani was wandering for visa clearance of her mother Shweta Jewaria and coach Rakesh Manpat. Not only this, 21-year-old Avani had also pleaded with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur for not clearing the visa.
When she got a chance to go to France with the efforts of the Sports Ministry, this daughter also left no stone unturned in her performance and won gold for the country.
After winning the medal, she said – proud to bring home the gold After winning the gold medal, Avni wrote in a social post – ‘R2 10m Air Rifle SH1 event with world record score in Chateaux 2022 and India’s first Paris-2024 quota I am proud to bring Gold home. Many thanks to everyone who supported me!’
She will now compete in 10m prone on June 9, 50m three position on June 11 and 50m final on June 12. He is scheduled to return to Delhi on June 13. Her father Praveen Lekhara says that the love and affection that Avni received from the people after winning the Paralympics has boosted her spirits.
In the year 2012, Avni had an accident on the day of Mahashivratri.
Avani won gold in Tokyo Paralympics
Avani Lekhara won the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle SH-1 event while performing brilliantly in the Paralympic Games 2020 played in Tokyo. He also got a bronze in the 50m rifle. She is the first para athlete from India to win 2 medals in Paralympics.
Avni was the victim of an accident at the age of 11
Avani Lakhera was a victim of a car accident at the age of 11 and broke her spinal cord. Due to this accident, she also went into depression. In such a situation, the father suggested to take part in sports.
Then Avani read the biography of Beijing Olympic Games gold medalist Abhinav Bindra ‘A Shot at History’. After this she became more serious towards shooting. Avni started training for shooting in 2015 from Jagatpura Sports Complex in Jaipur.