{"id":124730,"date":"2024-08-30T20:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/india-at-paris-paralympics-2024-day-2-avani-lekhara-defends-her-gold-preethi-pal-scripts-first-track-medal\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T20:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:15:25","slug":"india-at-paris-paralympics-2024-day-2-avani-lekhara-defends-her-gold-preethi-pal-scripts-first-track-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/india-at-paris-paralympics-2024-day-2-avani-lekhara-defends-her-gold-preethi-pal-scripts-first-track-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"India at Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 2: Avani Lekhara defends her Gold; Preethi Pal scripts first track medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/indiatv-2024-08-30t220245-1725035727.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India at Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 2: Avani Lekhara defends her Gold; Preethi Pal scripts first track medal\" title=\"India at Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 2: Avani Lekhara defends her Gold; Preethi Pal scripts first track medal\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Avani Lekhara and Preethi Pal at Paris Paralympics events on August 30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Indian athletes dominated Day 2 of the Paris Paralympics 2024 with four medals on Friday, August 30. The ace shooter Avani Lekhara successfully defended her gold to enter the history books while Preethi Pawar produced India&#8217;s first-ever track medal in the Paralympics.\u00a0  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Mona Agarwal and Lekhara both finished on the podium in the women&#8217;s 10m air rifle event to open India&#8217;s medal account at the 17th Summer Paralympic Games. Lekhara registered the new Paralympic record by scoring a total points of\u00a0249.7 to win her record third medal in the Paralympics and Mona Agarwal scored 228.7 to win a bronze medal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Avani became the first Indian to win two gold medals in two consecutive Paralympic events. She also equalled the legendary athlete Devendra Jhajharia&#8217;s record for the most Paralympic\u00a0medals for India.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Preethi Pawar then stunned the world by winning India&#8217;s first-ever track medal in Paralympics. She clinched a bronze medal in the women&#8217;s 100m T35 event with an impressive finish of\u00a014.21s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The star shooter Manish Kanwar brought India&#8217;s fourth medal on Day 2. The 2020 Tokyo gold medalist\u00a0settled for a silver medal in the men&#8217;s 10m air pistol event after scoring\u00a0237.4 points. He became India&#8217;s only sixth athlete to win multiple medals in Paralympic history.    <\/p>\n<p><strong>India&#8217;s medals on Day 2 (August 30)\u00a0at Paris Paralympics 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Avani Lekhara (Shooting) &#8211; Gold in the women&#8217;s 10m air rifle standing<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Manish Narwal (Shooting) &#8211; Silver in the men&#8217;s 10m air pistol<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Mona Agarwal (Shooting) &#8211; Bronze in the women&#8217;s 10m air rifle standing<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Preethi Pal (Athletics) &#8211; Bronze in the women&#8217;s 100m<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<p>Meanwhile, Manish&#8217;s silver boosted India&#8217;s standing in the medal table significantly. India stormed into the top ten but slipped to 13th position at the end of Day 2&#8217;s events in Paris. China and Great Britain lead the table with six gold medals (a total of 14 medals each) while Australia is at third with three gold medals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/other\/india-at-paris-paralympics-2024-day-2-avani-lekhara-defends-her-gold-preethi-pal-scripts-first-track-medal-2024-08-30-949667\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Avani Lekhara and Preethi Pal at Paris Paralympics events on August 30 Indian athletes dominated Day 2 of the Paris Paralympics 2024 with four medals on Friday, August 30. 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