Mona Agarwal Gold, Avani Lekhara Silver in 10m Air Rifle SH1

India began its campaign at the Asian Para Games 2026 with a clean sweep of the top two places in one shooting final. Mona Agarwal won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event, and the score she shot stood as a new Asian Para Games record in that event. Avani Lekhara was second in the very same final and collected the silver, so the two highest places on the podium both went to Indian shooters on the opening day of competition.

A gold medal and a fresh Games record

The winning total put up by Mona Agarwal was high enough to rewrite the Asian Para Games mark for this event. A Games record is one set at the competition itself, and it stays in the books until a shooter betters it at a later edition, which is why a record-setting gold is counted twice over in the medal story of a Games. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called her precision, determination and composure commendable and said the result had made India's first day at the Games even more special.

Silver from the same final

Avani Lekhara shot an impressive score in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 final and finished with the silver medal. Her steadiness across one championship after another was singled out for praise, and the Prime Minister noted that her performances keep bringing the country pride before wishing her well for the events still to come.

Two medals out of one event

Because both shooters were in the same final, a single event delivered a gold and a silver for India on day one. For revision it helps to keep the two results side by side.

What a paper setter will ask

Questions on a result like this one usually turn on four details: the name of the gold medallist, the exact event and its classification, the kind of record that was broken, and who took the other medal. Mix-ups between the two Indian shooters are the trap to avoid, since both appear in the same event on the same day.