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Defending champion Sareh Javanmardi claims back-to-back title
Iranian retains her Paralympic pistol gold while China’s Yang Chao also tops the podium for the second consecutive Games in shooting

Avani Lekhara headlines historic day one for India
Nineteen-year-old becomes the first Indian woman to top the podium in the Games, China and Sweden also claim golds at Asaka Shooting Range

Lekhara enters history books with gold
“I can't describe this feeling, I'm feeling like I'm on top of the world. It's unexplainable”

Get ready for seven days of shooting Para sport action
Thirteen medal events will take place from 30 August to 5 September at the Asaka Shooting Range with three podiums on day one

Paralympics preview: shooting day one
Asaka Shooting Range to see three finals on opening day at the Paralympic Games with first gold to be decided in the R2 women's 10m air rifle standing SH1

Paralympics preview: shooting day two
Paralympic legends Sareh Javanmardi and Yang Chao to be the biggest stars in action at the Asaka Shooting Range on 31 August

From Stoke Mandeville to Tokyo, Issy Bailey's journey
Great Britain's only pistol shooter for the Games shares how influential rehab at the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement was for her

For Ukrainian sharpshooter Shchetnik, it’s about character, not competition
Competing at her first Paralympic Games, the World and European champion aims to set personal bests at Tokyo

Para trap gold for Italy, Spain and UAE in Brno
UAE dominates PT1 class, Oloriz beats world champion in the PT2 and Cafaggi defends PT3 title at the International Sellier & Bellot in Czech Republic

Brno hosts Para trap season opener
Nearly 70 athletes in action in Czech Republic at the International Sellier & Bellot Para Trap Championships in preparation for the Lonato 2021 Worlds

Veronika Vadovicova takes aim at another gold haul
The veteran Slovak shooter is finely tuned and looking for a repeat of her Rio success

Unhalkar’s journey from borrowed weapon to Tokyo berth
‘I hope that the medal will land me a job that will help me to support my mother and younger brother’

Sweden's Normann completes grand treble as Novi Sad 2021 concludes
Serbian city wraps up last international event for shooters ahead of Tokyo 2020 with 105 athletes from 20 countries competing

Novi Sad ready to host last event ahead of Tokyo
As many as 105 Para shooters from 20 nations will compete at the Grand Prix, a preparatory event in the run up to the Games