Indian shooters clinch one gold, two silver

Ravi Kumar and Elavenil Valarivan won a silver in the senior 10m air rifle mixed team event, while India made it a 1-2 in the corresponding junior event. Ravi and Elavenil topped the qualification round with a score of 837.1, but were beaten in the five-team final by the Korean pair of Park Sunmin and Shin Minki.

The Koreans won the gold with a score of 499.6 to the Indians’ 498.4. Host Chinese Taipei won the bronze. A second Indian team consisting of Deepak Kumar and Apurvi Chandela finished fourth. In the junior 10m air rifle mixed team event, two Indian teams made it to the final round. Mehuli Ghosh and Keval Prajapati (838.5) topped the qualification round, while Shreya Agrawal and Yash Vardhan qualified in second position with 831.2.

Shreya and Yash, however, turned the tables on their compatriots in the final, piping them by a margin of 0.4 points. Mehuli and Keval led throughout the final and they opened up a gap of 1.6 points going into the final six shots. But, Shreya and Yash overturned the deficit, finishing with 497.3 as compared to Mehuli and Keval’s 496.9.

Korea won bronze in the event. On Wednesday, Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker had won the gold in the senior 10m air pistol mixed team event. Vijayveer Sidhu and Esha Singh also clinched the yellow metal in the corresponding junior event. With five medals, India is on top of the standings.