Elavenil Valarivan clinches 10m air rifle gold at ISSF World Cup Rio de Janeiro
Elavenil Valarivan clinches 10m air rifle gold at ISSF World Cup Rio de Janeiro
India’s Elavenil Valarivan bagged the top position in the women’s 10m air rifle event to clinch her second gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition in Brazil.
Elavenil was perfection personified in the strong eight-woman final field, never scoring below 10.1 throughout the 24 shots. She finished with a score of 252.2 to outgun France’s 20-year-old sensation Oceanne Muller, who won silver with 251.9. China’s Zhang Jiale bagged the bronze.
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In the men’s 10m air rifle event, Sandeep Singh, India’s lone contender, shot 628.2 in qualification to finish in the 14th spot.
On Friday, Elavenil had teamed up with Sandeep in the 10m air rifle mixed team event to finish fifth with a combined score of 629.1. The fourth and final medal round spot went to Israel, who were 0.5 points ahead of the Indian pair in the 42-team field.
While Elavenil shot 314.8, Sandeep shot 314.3 as the Indians narrowly missed a shot at bronze. Israel did win bronze eventually, while Germany won gold and the silver went to Hungary.
A 16-member Indian team was taking part in the Rio World Cup in seven Olympic events.
Italy lead the medal standings with two gold while India are joint third with Armenia.
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