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Elavenil Valarivan strikes gold in Rio Shooting World Cup
Updated On: 17 September, 2023 10:31 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
While Elavenil shot 314.8, Sandeep shot 314.3 as the Indians narrowly missed a shot at bronze. Israel did win bronze eventually, while Germany won gold and the silver went to Hungary
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Elavenil Valarivan (Pic: AFP)
Olympian Elavenil Valarivan won the women`s 10m air rifle event to clinch her second gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition here. She won her first gold back in 2019 on 28th August by scoring 251.7 in Rio de Jenerio.
Elavenil was perfection personified in the strong eight-woman final field, never scoring below 10.1 throughout the 24 shots.
She finished with a score of 252.2 to outgun France`s 20-year-old sensation Oceanne Muller, who won silver with 251.9. China`s Zhang Jiale bagged the bronze.
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