Bengaluru, September 1: Para shooter Avani Lekhara, who became India's first female gold medallist in Paralympic Games a couple of days ago, failed to replicate her success as she crashed out in the qualification round of the Mixed 10M Air Rifle Prone SH1 event on a day which was not at all good for India, who failed to add any medals to their current tally of 10.

The 19-year-old had created history in her debut Games, winning India's first Paralympic medal in shooting with a gold in R2 women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1.

The SH1 (Rifle) allows individuals with no impairment in the upper limbs but an impairment in either/both the lower limbs to compete.

Avani was not at her usual best as she she finished a disappointing 27th with a score of 629.7, crashing out in the third round.

#ShootingParaSport Update@sid6666 finishes R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification round at 40th position with a score of 625.5

He will play next in R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification on 5th Sept.#Praise4Para #Paralympics #Tokyo2020
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 1, 2021

Other Indian para shooters in the men's event -- Sidhartha Babu and Deepak Kumar -- had a terrible outing, finishing 40th and 43rd respectively with scores of 625.5 and 624.9 at the Asaka Shooting Range.

The gold in this event was won by Germany's Natascha Hiltrop, while silver and bronze were bagged by South Korean Park Jinho and Ukraine's Iryna Schetnik.

However, all is not lost as all three shooters still have one event to prove their mettle.

Jadhav disqualified

There was more disappointment in store for India later in the day as ace swimmer Suyash Jadhav could finish only seventh in the Men's 100M Breaststroke Finals SB7 category.

However, Jadhav's time was not registered as he was disqualified after having seemed to have violated rules.

Colombia's Carlos Serrano Zarate clinched the gold medal in the event with a new Paralympic Record (1:12:01).

Russian Paralmpic Committee's Egor Efrosinin won the silver, while Australia's Blake Cochrane settled for bronze.

It was a double blow for Jadhav, who had earlier missed 200M Individual Medley SM7 event due to a mild cold.

The 27-year-old, whose both hands were amputated below the elbow at the age of 11 due to electrocution, will compete in one more event -- 50M butterfly S7 on Friday (September 3).

Mixed fortunes in Badminton

Pramod Bhagat and Palak Kohli went down fighting to France's second seeded duo off Faustine Noel and Lucas Mazur 9-21, 21-15, 19-21 in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play tie.

In the Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage, Palak lost to Japan's Ayako Suzuki in straight games 4-21, 7-21.

Later in an all-Indian Men's Singles SL3 Group Stage tie, Bhagat defeated Manoj Sarkar 21-10, 21-23, 21-9.