Elavenil strikes Gold

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 17: 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.
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.
Elavenil had qualified for the final at eighth and final spot with a score of 630.5.Muller had topped with 633.7. In the men’s 10m air rifle event, Sandeep Singh, India’s lone contender, shot 628.2 in qualification to finish 14th. A 16-member Indian team was taking part in the Rio World Cup in seven Olympic events. India are joint third with Armenia. (PTI)