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Abdulla Sultan Alaryani defies pressure to take first Tokyo 2020 gold for UAE
'The onus was on us to perform and shine at the Paralympic Games. This medal is for our leadership and UAE community'
![Three male pistol shooters competing in a shooting range](/sites/default/files/2021-09/51423488389_be4ce92c45_c.jpg)
India and Serbia celebrate one-two shooting podiums in Tokyo
Dragan Ristic becomes first Paralympic champion in the R9 - mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 as Indian shooters continue to make history at the Paralympic Games
![Indian shooters Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adana share the podium](/sites/default/files/2021-09/shooting-India2.jpeg)
Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adana take double shooting medals for India
This was India’s third gold at the ongoing Games, taking the medal tally to 15
Paralympics preview: shooting day six
The penultimate day of the Games will see Paralympic champions crowned in the P4 - mixed 50m pistol SH1 and the R9 - mixed 50m rifle prone SH2
Triple title for Zhang, first for Alaryani and UAE
India's Avani Lekhara takes her second medal at Tokyo 2020 with bronze behind Germany's Natascha Hiltrop on day five in the Asaka Shooting Range
![Veronika Vadovicova gold medalist at Shooting R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160913095523755_Veronika%2BVadovicova.jpg)
Paralympics preview: shooting day five
Slovakia's Vadovicova and Chinese Paralympic medallists among the favourites on Friday's two medal events at the Asaka Shooting Range
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Huang claims second title as shoot-off king Sowinski takes silver
Polish beats Paralympic medallists and world champion to put his country for the first time on the Paralympic podium in shooting
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Paralympics preview: shooting day four
The P3 - mixed 25m pistol SH1 is the final to be played on Thursday with World Championships medallists keen to make presence in Tokyo
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New champions shoot to gold in rifle prone events
Natascha Hiltrop puts Germany on top of the shooting podium for first time in 17 years and Serbia's Dragan Ristic takes first Paralympic victory
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Paralympics preview: shooting day three
Asaka Shooting Range to see Paralympic champions crowned in the R3 - mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 and R5 - mixed 10m air rifle SH2
![A woman celebrating with her gold medal in front a Tokyo 2020 banner](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1337364597.jpg)
Champion 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
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Avani Lekhara headlines historic day 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
![India female shooting athlete on the range](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Avani-Lekhara-india.jpg)
Shooting athlete Avani 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”
![An empty indoor shooting range with Tokyo 2020 written on the floor](/sites/default/files/2021-08/51403542324_572067e167_c.jpg)
Get ready for seven days of shooting action
Thirteen medal events will take place from 30 August to 5 September at the Asaka Shooting Range with three podiums on day one
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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
![Sareh Javanmardidodmani wins shooting gold medal Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160909220900443_shooting.jpg)
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
![A woman with a pistol in a shooting range](/sites/default/files/2021-08/50831395546_ddfbac9fef_c.jpg)
From Stoke Mandeville to Tokyo 2020, Issy Bailey's shooting journey
Great Britain's only pistol shooter for the Games shares how influential rehab at the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement was for her
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For Ukraine's Iryna 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
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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
Karoly Takacs, the Para athlete who achieved Olympic shooting glory
Hungarian made history with two gold medals in pistol shooting events at the London 1948 and the Helsinki 1952 Games