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Nita Ambani congratulated Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Preethi Pal and Manish Narwal for their historic achievements at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Nita Ambani, Founder Chairperson, Reliance Foundation congratulated India’s medal winners at 2024 Paris Olympics Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Preethi Pal and Manish Narwal on Friday.
”Heartiest congratulations to Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Preethi Pal, and Manish Narwal for their historic achievements at the Paris Paralympics 2024! Your gold, silver, and bronze medals not only kick-start India’s Paralympic campaign with pride but also fill every Indian’s heart with immense joy. Your strength, spirit, and skill are an inspiration for the entire nation. More power to all our athletes and best wishes for the Games ahead! Jai Hind!,” said Nita Ambani.
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Avani Lekhara became the first Indian to claim successive Paralympic gold medals with a record-shattering top finish in the women’s 10m air rifle (SH1) shooting competition and had a bronze-winning Mona Agarwal for company on the podium in a historic double for the country.
Winner of the Tokyo Paralympics gold three years back, Avani, 22, shot a superb 249.7 to erase her own Paralympic record of 249.6 set in the Japanese capital three years back.
The 37-year-old Mona, who dabbled in several sports including shot-put, powerlifting and wheelchair volleyball before settling on shooting, notched up 228.7 for the third-place finish.
This is the first time in India’s Paralympic history that two shooters have pulled off medals in a single event.
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Preethi Pal won India’s first athletics medal in a Paralympics track event as she clinched a bronze in the women’s T35 100m competition with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds.
Tokyo Games gold medallist shooter Manish Narwal fought hard before bagging for silver in the men’s 10m air pistol (SH1) event.
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The 22-year-old Narwal, who had won gold in 50m pistol event at Tokyo, was leading for quite some time before he slipped because of a series of poor scores to surrender the initiative to veteran South Korean marksman Jo Jeongdu. Narwal, the elder brother of Indian pistol marksman Shiva Narwal, shot 234.9, while Jeongdu took the gold with a total of 237.4.
(With inputs from Agencies)
