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India Extends Lead at Asian Shooting Championship as Elavenil Valarivan Wins 10m Air Rifle Gold

Elavenil Valarivan’s 10m air rifle title widened the gap thanks to a pipeline boosted by junior records.

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Overview

  • With Valarivan’s win, India’s tally stands at 15 gold, six silver and six bronze medals to stay atop the standings.
  • Valarivan scored 253.6 to win the women’s 10m air rifle final ahead of China’s Xinlu Peng (253) and Korea’s Eunji Kon (231.2), while Mehuli Ghosh finished fourth with 208.9.
  • On Day 4, junior Abhinav Shaw won the men’s 10m air rifle and, with Naraen Pranav and Himanshu, set a 1890.1 Asian and junior world team record.
  • Mansi Raghuwanshi claimed junior women’s skeet gold with 53/60 as Yashasvi Rathore took silver, and India secured junior men’s skeet team gold with a score of 338.
  • In senior men’s 10m air rifle, India won the team title, while Kazakhstan’s Islam Satpayev took individual gold as Rudrankksh Patil and Arjun Babuta placed fourth and fifth.