Elavenil Valarivan won the bronze medal in women’s air rifle in the shooting World Cup in Munich on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Elavenil, who had qualified in second place with a high score of 635.6, missed the chance for a better medal by 0.2 point as she slipped from the lead position with a penultimate shot of 9.8. That was the only blip for Elavenil.
It was the first bronze in a World Cup for the former world No.1, who has four gold and a bronze in her kitty. Elavenil had also won the gold in World Cup Finals once.
The 18-year-old junior World champion, Wang Zifei of China, who shot a world record 637.9 in qualification in a strong field of 167 shooters, beat Korean Kwon Eunji by 0.1 point for the gold.
Varun Tomar made the men’s air pistol final in the second place with a score of 585.
The results: 10m air rifle: Women: 1. Wang Zifei (Chn) 252.7 (637.9 WR); 2. Kwon Eunji (Kor) 252.6 (635.6); 3. Elavenil Valarivan 231.2 (635.9); 15. Ananya Naidu 632.4; 60. Arya Borse 628.2. RPO: Ramita Jindal 632.6; Meghana Sajjanar 630.9.
Published – June 10, 2025 08:21 pm IST