Daijiworld Media Network - Nagoya
Nagoya, Oct 19: India’s Mona Agarwal set a new Asian Para Games qualification record in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event, while compatriot Avani Lekhara finished second at the 2026 Asian Para Games on Monday.
Agarwal topped the qualification round with a score of 629.1 after six series, surpassing the previous continental record held by China’s Zhang Cuiping. She narrowly missed the world record of 629.4, jointly held by Lekhara and Slovakia’s Veronika Vadovicova. Lekhara finished second with 626.4.
In the men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event, Indian shooters Rakesh Nidagundi and Swaroop Unhalkar qualified for the final after finishing seventh and eighth, respectively. Nidagundi scored 619.3, while Unhalkar registered 617.4. Anandha Krishnan missed qualification after finishing 13th with 605.2.
Meanwhile, Indian para-archer Sheetal Devi equalled the world record in the women’s compound archery ranking round, scoring 704 out of a possible 720 points at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square. Turkey’s Oznur Cure jointly holds the world record.
Sheetal also bettered her previous Asian record of 698, set in Bangkok in March this year, by six points. She scored 352 points in each half, recording 32 Xs and 25 10s to finish first in the ranking round. Her performance also established a new Asian Games record, surpassing her previous mark of 680 points set in Hangzhou in 2023.
Fellow Indian archer Payal Nag scored 675 points to finish joint fifth in the women’s compound ranking round. She recorded 12 Xs and 20 10s, scoring 334 points in the first half and 341 in the second.
Sheetal and Payal topped the women’s compound doubles ranking round with a combined score of 1,379 points.
In the men’s compound archery ranking round, India’s Harvinder Singh finished fifth with 631 points, recording eight Xs and 13 10s. He improved from 310 points in the first half to 321 in the second.
Vijay Sundi finished seventh with 630 points, recording six Xs and 13 10s. He scored 318 points in the first half and 312 in the second.