Asian Para Games: Mona Agarwal, Avani Lekhara safe one-two end in 10m air rifle qualification
India’s Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara dominated the ladies’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 qualification on the 2026 Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Monday, ending first and second respectively to place themselves in a robust place forward of the ultimate.Agarwal topped the standings with 629.1 factors from six sequence, setting a brand new Asian Para Games qualification document and breaking the earlier mark held by China’s Zhang Cuiping.The Indian shooter narrowly missed out on the planet document of 629.4 factors, which is collectively held by compatriot Lekhara and Slovakia’s Veronika Vadovicova.Lekhara secured second place with 626.4 factors, finishing a one-two end for India within the qualification spherical. With each shooters advancing in spectacular kind, India will now look to translate the robust exhibiting into two medals within the ultimate.The outcome additionally introduced collectively two of India’s established names in para capturing. Avani and Mona had gained gold and bronze medals respectively on the 2024 Paris Paralympics.India additionally certified two shooters for the boys’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 ultimate. Rakesh Nidagundi completed seventh with 619.3 factors, whereas Swaroop Unhalkar claimed the eighth and ultimate qualifying place with 617.4 factors.Anandha Krishnan, nonetheless, missed out on the ultimate after ending thirteenth with a rating of 605.2.
Sheetal Devi equals planet document in para-archery
India’s robust exhibiting in capturing got here alongside one other landmark efficiency in para-archery, the place Sheetal Devi equalled the planet document within the ladies’s compound qualification spherical.The 19-year-old scored 704 factors out of a potential 720, matching the planet document and bettering the Asian document by six factors. Her effort surpassed the earlier continental mark of 698.The reigning planet champion and Paris Paralympics bronze medallist emerged as one of many standout performers of the competitors together with her record-equalling rating, and can look to take care of that kind within the elimination rounds.Fellow Indian archer Payal Nag additionally delivered an encouraging efficiency, scoring 675 factors to complete joint fifth within the ladies’s compound qualification standings.The ends in capturing and archery have offered India with a robust begin to Monday’s competitors on the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, with a number of athletes now nicely positioned to contend for medals.
