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'Ela's Rio gold was planned in Suhl'
Updated On: 30 August, 2019 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin Ferro
India's High-Performance junior rifle coach Suma Shirur reveals how a change in gameplan at last month's Jr World Cup in Germany led to Sr World Cup glory in Brazil
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Elavenil Valarivan
India's rifle shooter Elavenil Valarivan, 20, has come a long way — from the shooting hall at her school in Sanskardham, near Ahmedabad to the world-class range in Rio de Janeiro where she won her maiden senior World Cup gold in the 10m air rifle event on Wednesday. Valarivan shot 251.7 in the finals to win gold, ahead of Britain's Seonaid Mcintosh, (250.6) and Taipei's Ying-Shin Lin, who clinched bronze with 229.9. Valarivan has won a host of medals on the junior circuit, but to succeed on the senior stage in only her debut year, is extra special.
Interestingly, the seeds of this senior World Cup gold were sown last month, at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, revealed India's High Performance junior rifle coach Suma Shirur. "At Suhl, I had a gameplan for Ela. I wanted her to shoot freely. I told her that this may be a Junior World Cup but she needed to focus on next month's Sr World Cup in Rio, so she should view this opportunity as a learning curve.
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