India won a total of 4 medals on the second day of Paris Paralympics 2024. Where Avni Lekhara and Mona Agarwal won gold and bronze medals respectively in the women’s standing 10 meter rifle competition. Manish Agarwal has won the silver medal in 10 meter air pistol. At the same time, Preeti Pal has won the bronze medal in the women’s 100 meter race.
Avni won gold and Mona won bronze
India’s account has opened on the second day of Paralympics 2024. India has won 2 medals simultaneously. Where star para shooter Avani Lekhara has won the gold medal. She aimed for the gold medal in the 10 meter air rifle SH1 final event. At the same time, Mona Agarwal won the bronze medal. By winning 2 medals in the same event, India’s para athletes have made a great start in the Paris Paralympics.
Manish Narwal won the silver medal
India’s para pistol shooter Manish Narwal has won the silver medal. Manish finished first in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 final event. Earlier, Manish had won the gold medal in the Tokyo Paralympics. In this way, he has now joined the club of select Indian para athletes who have won medals in 2 consecutive Paralympics.
Preeti Pal won the silver medal
Preeti won the medal in the women’s 100 meter event with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds. China’s Zhou Jia managed to win the gold while her compatriot Guo Qianqian won the silver medal. Zhou clocked 13.58 seconds. While Guo took 13.74 seconds. Preeti’s bronze medal is India’s first medal in para athletics at the Paris Paralympics.
Mansi Joshi- Manoj got defeated
It was a disappointing day for Manasi Joshi and Manoj Sarkar who lost their second consecutive match, dashing their hopes of reaching the semi-finals in their group. Manasi lost 21-10, 15-21, 21-23 to Oksana Kozyna of Ukraine in the second match of women’s singles SL3 Group A. She had lost to Konitah Ikhtiar of Indonesia on Thursday. Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Manoj also lost 19-21, 8-21 to Bunsun in his second match of Group A.
Rakesh Kumar one win away in Archery
In the singles competition of archery, India’s Rakesh Kumar defeated the Kenyan player with a score of 136-131 and made it to the pre-quarterfinals. Now Rakesh is just one win away from reaching the last-8.
Shyamsundar Swami lost the match he won in Achari. He lost the shootout against the Thai athlete by a margin of just 0.54 centimetres. Till the final shot, both were tied at 138-138. But the Thai athlete won in the shootout.
