She had secured a quota for the Tokyo Paralympics after clinching gold at Peru’s World Shooters Para-Sports Championship in June this year.

Lekhara equalled Ukrainian shooter Iryna Shchetnik’s world record score from 2018 at Tokyo Paralympics on August 30.

Lekhara won her first state medal using a rifle borrowed from her coach and clinched consecutive gold medals at the National Shooting Championship in 2015 and 2016.

Manu Bhaker complained about the Air India officials for treating her “like a criminal” and not allowing her to board the flight with weapons and ammunition.

Shooter Maheshwari Chauhan clinched a bronze at the Asian Shotgun Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Friday (Aug 11). With this feat, Maheshwari has become India’s first women’s skeet individual medallist at a top international competition. Indian shooter Maheshwari Chauhan shoots bronze at Asian Shotgun Championship. Congrats girl! pic.twitter.com/6RWSsTc51O — Hyderabad Times (@HydTimes) August 12, 2017 #shooter […]

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