ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup: Elavenil Valarivan clinches gold in 10m Air Rifle, her first senior WC medal

Valarivan, who shot 629.4 in the qualification round and placed fourth to join her senior Anjum Moudgil in the final, earlier, had a series of 105.8, 106.0, 105.4, 103.4, 103.9, and 104.9.

The 20-year-old from Cuddalore had earlier scored 629.4 in the qualification round to place fourth.

Elavenil Valarivan clinched the gold medal with 251.7 points in 10m Air Rifle at the ISSF Rifle/ Pistol World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday. This was the first senior World Cup medal for the 20-year-old from Cuddalore.

Great Britain's Seonaid Mcintosh and Taiwan's Lin Ying-Shin, meanwhile, grabbed the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Ying-Shin, additionally, also won an Olympic Quota place for her country.

Valarivan, who shot 629.4 in the qualification round and placed fourth, to join her senior Anjum Moudgil in the final, earlier, had a series of 105.8, 106.0, 105.4, 103.4, 103.9, and 104.9.

Moudgil, on the other hand, finished sixth.

As it happened

Earlier, the two-time World Cup gold medallist Apurvi Chandela crashed out of the qualification after being placed 11th with a score of 627.7. Mehuli Ghosh, who took part in the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) section, had a total of 629.1. In women’s 25-metre sports pistol, Chinki Yadav shot 290 at the precision stage, while Abhidnya Patil pocketed 286. Annu Raj Singh, later, in the last relay, scored 292. In the MQS section, Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat finished with 293 and 289 points in Precision, respectively.

In men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Sanjeev Rajput finished at 14th with a total score of 1170 in Elimination Relay 1. Chain Singh, on the other hand,  placed 27th with 1163.