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In the Para Shooting World Cup, Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna earned a quota for the Paris Paralympics after securing a gold medal in mixed 10m air rifle SH2 at the ongoing Chateauroux Para Shooting.Ramakrishna had a final score of 253.1 to claim the yellow metal, while Slovakia's Francek Tirsek (252.6) and Tanguy De La Forest (230.3) bagged the silver and bronze. Ramakrishna thus followed the extraordinary show of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Avani Lekhara, who set a new world record en route to clinching the gold medal on the opening day of the event.Meanwhile, the team of Rahul Jakhar, Singhraj and Nihal Singh claimed the silver medal in P3- Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 event. Led by the Paralympic medallist Sighraj, the Indian team finished with a total score of 1655 behind China (1707). Poland (16104) took the bronze.
In the R2 - women's 10m air rifle standing finals, Lekhara, the 20-year-old from Rajasthan, shot a final score of 250.6 to break her own world record of 249.6 and take the gold ahead of Poland's Emilia Babska (247.6) and Anna Normann of Sweden (225.6) on Tuesday. The victory assured Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Lekhara of a spot in the 2024 Paris Paralympics. India has been represented by 13 para shooters at this season-opening World Cup in Chateauroux, France.
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