Shooting
Asian Shooting C’ship: Elavenil Valarivan claims women’s 10m air rifle crown
Compatriot Meghana Sajjanar settled for bronze to ensure a double podium for the hosts; Shambhavi Kshirsagar breaks Asian Junior Finals record.
(From left) Japan's Misaki Nobata, Elavenil Valarivan and Meghana Sajjanar in New Delhi. (Photo credit: Fancode/screengrab)
Elavenil Valarivan and Meghna Sajjanar claimed a double podium in the women’s 10m air rifle gold at the Asian Shooting Championship at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Saturday.
Elavenil scored 252.0 points to top the final while Meghna shot 229.5 to settle for a bronze. Japan’s Misaki Nobata won the silver with 251.5 points.
Another Indian in the final, Arya Borse, finished fourth with 209.0 points. Together, Elavenil, Meghna and Arya combined to win the team gold.
Elavanil was India's third individual gold medallist in the senior event after Esha Singh (air pistol) and Rudrannksh Patil (air rifle), respectively.
Indian shooters started the day sweeping the podium in the 50m Men’s Pistol with former 10m Air Pistol World No 1, Saurabh Chaudhary, winning the gold followed by Kamaljeet Chaudhary and current World Champion Ravinder Singh winning silver and bronze, respectively.
Yogesh Kumar won gold in the junior category of the event.
In the Junior finals, Shambhavi created a new Asian Junior record of 253.7, eclipsing the 253.1 set by Isha Anil Taksale in Jakarta in 2024. Manyata Singh (249.7) and Aneesha Sharma (227.5) ensured a podium sweep for India. The trio also won the team gold with a score of 1884.2.
Ojasvi Thakur secured the gold in the women’s youth category with a final score of 250.4. Ojasvi teamed up with Anvii Vikram Rathod and Hrudya Shri Kondur to win the team gold also with a score of 1890.6
Indian shooters continued their dominance in the championship racking up ten gold medals on day four to take their total medal tally to 43 medals including 27 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze.
Other Results
50m Pistol Men
Gold - Saurabh Chaudhary (India) – 563-12x
Silver - Kamaljeet Chaudhary (India) – 561-16x
Bronze - Ravinder Singh (India) – 559-10x
50m Pistol Men Team
Gold – India
Silver – Uzbekistan
Bronze – Vietnam
50m Pistol Junior Men
Gold - Yogesh Kumar (India) – 557-10x
Silver - Sodikjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) – 544-10x
Bronze - Guntajpreet Singh (India) – 542-7x