Asian Para Games 2026: Mona Agarwal breaks World Record to win women’s 50m rifle 3P SH1 gold

File photo: This is the second gold medal for Mona Agarwal at Asian Para Games 2026 after winning the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event. | Photo Credit: PTI

Indian shooter Mona Agarwal broke the world record to win the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 event at Asian Para Games 2026 in Nagoya on Friday.

Mona shot 357.5 to claim her second gold of the Games, beating the previous record mark of 356 set by Sweden’s Anna Benson in Novi Sad in July this year.

Earlier, Agarwal had won gold in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event with a Games-record score of 250.0.

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Chinese shooter Zhang Cuiping won silver with 353.7, while South Korea’s Kim Miyoung took bronze with 344.4. Meanwhile, the other Indian in the competition, Avani Lekhara, finished fourth with 333.2.

The SH1 category in Paralympic shooting is for athletes with lower-limb or upper-limb impairments who can support the weight of the firearm with their own arms without needing a gun stand or gallows.