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- Asian Shooting Championship 2025: India Clinches Gold In Senior & Junior 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Events
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Indian shooters have won the gold medal at the Senior and Junior 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event on Saturday at the ongoing 16th Asian Shooting Championships in Shimkant city of Kazakhstan. The pair of Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun won the gold medal by defeating the China pair Peng Shinlu and Lu Dingke 13–11 at the Senior 10m Air Rifle Mixed event.
He secured the first place by scoring 634.0 points among 27 teams in the qualification round. Elavenil scored 316.3 and Arjun scored 317.7. India’s second pair Mehuli Ghosh and Rudraksha Patil also finished second in 632.6 points. But Mehuli and Rudraksha could not play in the finals due to the rules.
Elavenil Valarivan also won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle.
Junior team also won gold Narain Pranav and Shambhvi Kshirsagar played a brilliant game at the junior 10m air rifle mixed team event. He finished third in the qualification by scoring 629.5 points. India’s second pair Isha Tusale and Himanshu finished fourth with 628.6 points and could not make it to the finals.
In the final, Narain and Shambhavi faced China’s pair Tang Huiki and Han Yinan. Both teams were at 9–9 equal until the first nine series. After this, the Indian pair hit shots with more than 10 consecutive points and took a gain of six points. India also performed brilliantly in the last series and won the gold medal.
India tops the medal tally with 22 gold Indian shooters now topped the medal tally with 22 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze medals in the tournament. India has 40 medals. In which India has won 4 gold, one silver and 5 bronze medals in the senior category. While the rest of the medals were won by junior and youth players.
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