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Elavenil Valarivan Secures Double Silver at Asian Games in 10m Air Rifle
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Moneycontrol•20-09-2026, 12:15
Elavenil Valarivan Secures Double Silver at Asian Games in 10m Air Rifle
- •Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan won an individual silver medal in the women's 10m air rifle event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- •This individual silver followed a team silver medal she secured earlier in the day with Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod.
- •Valarivan scored 252.4 points in the final, finishing behind Japan's Hinata Taichi, who set a new Asian Games record with 253.0 points.
- •The 2025 world championship bronze medallist was in contention until the final shots but couldn't overtake Taichi.
- •India now has two silver medals in shooting at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, marking an encouraging start to their campaign.
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Elavenil Valarivan won two silver medals in a single day at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, securing an individual silver in the women's 10m air rifle event after previously helping India win silver in the 10m air rifle team event.
Japan's Hinata Taichi won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event with an Asian Games record score of 253.0 points, narrowly edging out India's Elavenil Valarivan.
The Indian women's 10m air rifle team consisted of Sonam Uttam Maskar, Elavenil Valarivan, and Vidarsa Vinod, who combined to score an aggregate of 1898.0 points to claim the silver medal.
