Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Avani Lekhara for winning India’s first gold at the Paris Paralympics in the women’s 10m air rifle final with a personal best score of 249.7 points. Modi had earlier interacted with other medalists including Mona Agarwal, Preeti Pal, Rubina Francis, Manish Narwal, Nishad Kumar, and Yogesh Kathuniya.