Elavenil Valarivan wins air rifle gold in Rio World Cup

= = =Elavenil Valarivan won gold in the women's air rifle final at the World Cup in Rio, Brazil, with a 0.3 margin victory over Oceanne Muller of France. It was her second World Cup individual gold, having won in Rio in 2019. Sandeep Singh and Rahi Sarnobat placed 14th and 13th respectively in men's air rifle and women's 25-metre sports pistol. Chinki Yadav placed 24th in the latter. #ElavenilValarivan #WorldCup #Rio #GoldMedal #AirRifle #SportsPistol

Olympian Elavenil Valarivan pounced on her chance in the women’s air rifle final to clinch the gold medal with a 0.3 margin victory over qualification topper Oceanne Muller of France in the World Cup in Rio, Brazil.

The 24-year-old Elavenil, shot 252.2 in the final, after having qualified in the eighth place with 630.5.

It was the second World Cup individual gold for Elavenil. The earlier gold had also been won in Rio in 2019, when Elavenil went on to clinch the World Cup Final gold as well to be the World No.1.

In men’s air rifle, Sandeep Singh shot 628.2 for the 14th spot among 67 shooters.

In women’s 25-metre sports pistol, Asian Games champion and multiple World Cup gold medallist, Rahi Sarnobat shot 579 for the 13th spot. She was three points short of making the final. Another World Cup gold medallist and former World No.1, Chinki Yadav shot 575 for the 24th spot among 42.

The results:

10m air rifle: Women: 1. Elavenil Valarivan 252.2 (630.5); 2. Oceanne Muller (Fra) 251.9 (633.7); 3. Zhang Jiale (Chn) 229.0 (630.6); 22. Narmada Nithin 628.6; 32. Ayushi Podder 626.9.