: Tokyo Paralympics: Feel a connection towards the rifle – Avani Lekhara on winning shooting gold #IndiaNEWS A car accident in 2012 left Avani Lekhara wheelchair-bound but on Monday the shooter felt

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Tokyo Paralympics: Feel a connection towards the rifle – Avani Lekhara on winning shooting gold #IndiaNEWS
A car accident in 2012 left Avani Lekhara wheelchair-bound but on Monday the shooter felt “on top of the world� after becoming the first Indian woman to snare a Paralympic gold medal.Focussing on only one shot at a time and shutting out everything else did the trick for Lekhara. She fired her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event.“I can’t describe this feeling, I’m feeling like I’m on top of the world. It’s unexplainable,� she said after the triumph.Lekhara, who sustained spinal cord injuries in a car accident in 2012, finished with a world record equalling total of 249.6, which is also a new Paralympic record.On staying calm through the final, Lekhara said, “I was just saying one thing, that I have to take one shot at a time. There’s nothing else that matters now, just take one shot at a time and just finish it.“I just think that I have to follow the process. Beyond that, I try not to think about the score or the medal tally.�The 19-year-old from Jaipur, who started shooting on the insistence of her father in 2015 at a city shooting range, was delighted to have become the first Indian woman...Read more

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