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India Extend Lead at Asian Shooting With Mixed Team Gold, Reach 39 Medals

Junior records alongside Elavenil Valarivan’s standout form underscore India’s depth as the Shymkent championship continues.

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Overview

  • Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan won the 10m air rifle mixed team title, defeating China’s Dingke Lu and Xinlu Peng 17–11.
  • India’s latest tally stands at 39 medals with 21 gold, eight silver and 10 bronze, while China is second with 19 medals and nine gold.
  • Valarivan earlier clinched the women’s 10m air rifle gold with 253.6, and India earned the team bronze via Valarivan, Mehuli Ghosh and Ananya Naidu with 1891 in qualification.
  • India’s juniors set team records: the men’s 10m air rifle trio (Abhinav Shaw, Naraen Pranav, Himanshu) posted 1890.1, and the women’s junior rifle team logged 1896.2.
  • Shotgun results bolstered the haul with junior women’s skeet gold and silver for Mansi Raghuwanshi and Yashasvi Rathore, a junior men’s skeet team gold, and a senior skeet mixed-team bronze for Abhay and Ganemat Sekhon.