Shooter Rubina brought India’s fifth medal in Paralympics

India won a medal for the second day in a row at the Paris Paralympics . Shooter Rubina Francis bagged bronze in 10m air pistol.

With this, the fifth medal has been added to India’s account. The struggle of 17-year-old sensation Sheetal Devi and Sarita Devi, who raised hopes in archery, is over. Sheetal lost by just one point in the pre-quarters and Sarita lost in the quarters. Telugu athletes Royer Narayana and Cyclist Sheikh Arshad disappointed with their poor performance.

Indian shooters are making waves in the Paralympics. Due to their mis-aimed shot, the third day also got a medal. Women’s 10m Shooter Rubina Francis bagged bronze in Air Pistol SH1. It is already known that Ava has won gold, Manish has won silver and Mona has won bronze in shooting. Recently, 25-year-old Rubina also joined the list.

Overall, five medals have been added to India’s account and it is remarkable that four of them have come from shooters. In Saturday’s final, where the defending champion and the world record shooter participated, Rubina withstood tough competition and finished third with 211.1 points. At the end of 10 shots in Stage 1, she was third. But after the 14th shot, it dropped to fourth place.

At this stage, Kanchu Motha rang with a score of 9.2 and 8.9 in the last series without being under pressure. Earlier in the qualifying round, she finished seventh with 556 points and qualified for the finals. At the Tokyo Paragames as well, Rubina made it to the final but withdrew after finishing seventh. On the other hand, men’s 10m. In Air Rifle Standing SH1, Swaroop Unhalkar disappointed by finishing 14th in the qualifying event.

With a point difference..

The 17-year-old teenage archer Sheetal Devi, who raised hopes of a medal in the Paragames as well with her spectacular performance at the international level, met with disappointment. In the prequarters of the women’s compound individual category, she had to go home by just a point. Sheetal lost 137-138 to Chile’s Mariana Zuniga. Sheetal started the first set with 10, 10 points and went on to win. The opponent also gave a tough fight and at the end of four sets, both of them were tied with a score of 111. In the last fifth set, Sheetal scored 26 points with 8, 10, 8, while Zuniga won with 27 points. On the other hand, Indian archer Sarita Devi, who reached the quarters in the same category, was defeated by world champion Ozner (Turkey) with 140-145.