Indian para-shooter Mona Agarwal added another gold medal to her name and this time breaking the world and Asian records in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 event at the Asian Para Games on Friday. Competing at the Aichi Prefecture General Shooting Gallery, the Jaipur-based shooter registered a score of 357.5 to set a new world record and secure gold.
She surpassed the previous world-best mark of 356, set by Sweden’s Anna Benson in Novi Sad in July, as well as the Asian record of 355.7 established by South Korea’s Lee Yunri in Changwon last month.
China’s Zhang Cuiping claimed the silver medal with 353.7, while South Korea’s Kim Miyoung took bronze with 344.4. India’s Avani Lekhara finished fourth after scoring 333.2.
She had earlier won gold
in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event at the ongoing Games, recording a Games-record score of 250.0.
Lekhara secured silver in that competition with 249.6 points.
Agarwal has established herself as a prominent name in Indian para shooting.
Her career highlights include a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
She continued her medal-winning run at the WSPS World Championships 2026 in Changwon, South Korea, where she secured one gold and one silver medal. Her performances at the championships also earned India a quota place for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.
Besides that, she has two gold, two silver and one bronze medal across WSPS World Cup competitions.
Her qualification campaign for the Asian Para Games also included a score of 620.6 in the R2 event at the Changwon World Cup in May 2025. The score exceeded the sixth-place benchmark of 620 from the Hangzhou edition and met the applicable Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports performance criterion.
In para shooting, the SH1 classification covers athletes with lower- or upper-limb impairments who can hold and support their firearm using their arms without requiring a gun stand or gallows.
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