Elavenil bags 10m air rifle gold; Meghana clinches bronze medal in Asian Championship Rifle/Pistol

Elavenil Valarivan and Meghana Sajjar (right) with their medals on Saturday. Pic/NRAI’s X account

Elavenil Valarivan (251.5) clinched the gold medal ahead of Japan's Misaki Nobata in the 10m air rifle women's event at the Asian Championship Rifle/Pistol here on Saturday. Elavenil's compatriot Meghana Sajjanar (229.5)bagged the bronze medal.

Earlier in the day, the men's 50m air pistol event was dominated by Indians, as Saurabh Chaudhary (563-12x), Kamaljeet Chaudhary (561-16x), and Ravinder Singh (559-10x) bagged gold, silver, and bronze respectively.

Meanwhile, in the 10m air rifle junior women's category, Shambhavi Kshirsagar set a new record of 253.7, to take home the gold medal, surpassing Isha Anil Taksale's 253.1 from Jakarta in 2024 in the process.

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