Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan has won the gold medal in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday. Olympian Elavenil Valarivan shot 252.2 from her series of 24 shots in the final and narrowly beat France’s Oceanne Muller. A total of eight shooters qualified for the final. This was Elavenil Valarivan’s second individual ISSF World Cup medal.
's shooter, @elavalarivan makes the country proud AGAIN, as she wins a memorable at #Shooting World Cup,
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 16, 2023
The #TOPSchemeAthlete with 252.2 pts in the Final of Women's 10m Air Rifle event won 's 1⃣st in this edition of Shooting World Cup. This is her 2⃣nd in… pic.twitter.com/vuKtnmknag
Earlier, Elavenil Valarivan finished 9th in the qualification round with 630.5. The Rio meet is the last rifle and pistol ISSF World Cup of 2023. The ongoing event in the Brazilian city will be followed by the finals in Doha, Qatar, scheduled from November 18 to 27. India have sent a 16-member squad for the ISSF World Cup.
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