Asian Para Games: Mona Agarwal wins second gold, sets world record in 50m Rifle 3 Positions

October 23, 2026

Toyota: Indian para shooter Mona Agarwal won her second gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on Friday, setting a world record in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 event.

Mona scored 357.5 points in the final, setting a new world record to win the gold medal. She previously won gold in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event. India’s Avani Lekhara finished fourth in this event with 333.2 points.

Mona breaks world record

Mona Agarwal broke the world record held by Swedish shooter Anna Benson. Benson had scored 356 points during the World Cup held in Novi Sad in July 2026. The Asian record in this event was held by Lee Eun-ri of South Korea, who scored 355.7 points last month.

Mona finished sixth in the qualification round with a score of 566-17x, while Avani Lekhara secured first place with a score of 580-24x. This score was also an Asian Para Games qualification record.

Wins Gold with a Brilliant Performance in the Final

Despite finishing sixth in the qualification, Mona made a remarkable comeback in the final. She scored 101.4 points in the Kneeling Series 1 and 102.1 points in the Prone Series 1.

She then continued her good performance in the standing series. In seven shots, Mona won the gold medal with scores of 53, 50.8, 10.4, 10.3, 10.1, 9.6, and 9.8, respectively.

China’s Zhang Cuiping won the silver medal with 353.7 points, while South Korea’s Kim Myeong-hyun secured the bronze medal with 344.4 points. Avani Lekhara, meanwhile, narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth.

Gold also won in the 10m Air Rifle

Earlier, Mona Agarwal won the gold medal in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event. She set an Asian Para Games record by scoring 250 points. Avani Lekhara won the silver medal with 249.6 points, thus opening India’s medal tally in the competition.

Mona was at one point in fifth place during the final, but she made a remarkable comeback to take the lead in the medal race and ultimately win the gold medal. South Korea’s Eun-Ri Lee won the bronze medal with 227.9 points.