Mona Agarwal Shoots Gold With World Record at Para Games

Mona Agarwal won a historic gold medal for India at the Asian Para Games in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 event, and she did it with a new world record as well as a new Asian Para Games record. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said the achievement was made even more special by the fact that she became the first Indian para shooter to win a medal in this event.

Two records in one final

The three positions rifle event asks a shooter to compete from more than one body position in the same final, and the SH1 class is the category in which Mona Agarwal competed. Her winning score stood as a world record and as a record for the Asian Para Games at the same time. The Prime Minister, congratulating her, expressed the hope that she would continue to make India proud.

Para badminton brings two more medals

Indian para shuttlers added to the day's haul. Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi became Asian Para Games champions in the Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 class, taking the gold medal. The Prime Minister said their performance had brought great pride to the nation and hoped they would keep shining on the international stage.

In the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 event, Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan won the silver medal. The pair had taken the bronze at the previous edition of the Games, so moving up to silver was described as a commendable step forward. Thulasimathi Murugesan therefore ended the day with two medals of different colours, a gold in the women's doubles and a silver in the mixed doubles.

A third bronze in the pool

Himanshu Nandal won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle S11 swimming event. It was his third bronze medal of this edition of the Games, and the Prime Minister called it an impressive performance and wished him well for the journey ahead.