World Shooting C'ships: India win men's 50m pistol team gold, women's air rifle trio take silver

India clinched the silver medal in the women's 10m air rifle team event after the men shot down the gold in the men's 50m pistol competition at the ongoing ISSF World Championships here on Tuesday.

The Indian trio of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar, and Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar aggregated 1894.4 points to secure the second spot, finishing second behind China.

China claimed the gold medal with 1899.8 points, while Japan took bronze with 1892.6.

Elavenil was the best performer among the Indians, shooting 634.2 points, while Sonam and Shambhavi contributed 630.5 and 629.7 respectively.

Elavenil thus qualified for the individual final after finishing third in the qualification round and has a good chance of winning a medal and sealing the first Olympic quota for India.

Earlier in the day, the Indian troika of Ravinder Singh, Saurabh Chaudhary, and Amanpreet Singh clinched the team gold in the men's 50m pistol competition.

Ravinder also won the silver medal in the individual competition of the event that is not on the Olympic roster. He was India's top scorer with 559 points, including 11 inner 10s.

Saurabh, a multiple-time World Cup gold-medallist, scored 551, while Amanpreet added 549 to the combined Indian score of 1659.

China's Zhang Bingchen, Lyu Junyi, and Feng Linlang totalled 1648 for the silver medal, five points clear of the bronze-winning Korean combination of Hong Suhyeon, Choe Boram, and So Seung Seob.

In the individual event, the gold went to Russia's Anton Aristarkhov, who shot 561. Roumania' Luca Joldea claimed the bronze with a score of 558.

Rakesh Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, and Paarth Makhija failed to reach the team and individual finals of the men's 10m air rifle event.

India are currently placed second in the table with one gold and two silvers. China are at the top with five medals, including three golds.

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