The three mixed air rifle gold medalists, Shambhavi Kshirsagar & Naraen Pranav, Elavenil Valarivan & Arjun Babuta, and Ameerah Arshad & Ansh Dabas, in the Asian shooting championship in Kazakhstan on Saturday.
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It was a sweep of the air rifle mixed team gold medals for India as it won the three events including juniors and youth in the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Saturday.
Elavenil Valarivan, the women’s gold medallist, continued to excel as she joined hands with Arjun Babuta to clinch the mixed gold, beating the Chinese Peng Xinlu and Lu Dingke 17-11, after having topped qualification with an impressive 634.0.
Mehuli Ghosh and Rudrankksh Patil shot the second best score of 632.6 but a second Indian team was ineligible to compete for a medal.
In the juniors, Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Naraen Pranav prevailed 16-12 over China, after having qualified in the third place behind two Chinese teams. The second Indian team of Isha Taksale and Himanshu (628.6) was also ineligible to fight for a medal.
In the youth section, Ameerah Arshad and Ansh Dabas beat the Koreans 16-12 for the gold, after topping qualification with 629.4. The second Indian team of Anannya and Vedant Waghmare shot the second best score of 624.8, but was ineligible to fight for a medal.
India was sitting on top of the medals table with 23 gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals. China followed with nine gold, nine silver and two bronze, while host Kazakhstan had five gold, six silver and 10 bronze. Korea (24) had more medals, but was lying fourth owing to two gold, apart from 13 silver and nine bronze.
The results: 10m air rifle: Mixed team: 1. India-2 (Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Babuta) 17 (634.0); 2. China (Peng Xinlu, Lu Dingke) 11 (632.3); 3. Korea (Kwon Eunji, Park Hajun) 16 (630.1); 4. Kazakhstan-2 (Yelizaveta Bezrukova, Nikita Shakhtorin) 10 (629.5); 3. Japan (Hinata Taichi, Naoki Hanakawa) 16 (628.2); 4. Iran (Shermineh Amirani, Amirmohammad Nekounam) 10 (629.8).
Mixed juniors: 1. India (Shambhavi Kshirsagar, Naraen Pranav) 16 (629.5); 2. China (Tang Huiqi, Han Yinan) 12 (632.3); 3. Korea (Kim Seohyun, Lee Hyunseo) 17 (628.4); 4. Indonesia (Dominique Karini, Anang Febrian) 5 (627.0); 3. Singapore (Irna Noorazlin, Zen Wong) 16 (626.3); 4. Kazakhstan (Antastassiya Grigoryeva, Dmitriy Kim) 12 (627.1).
Mixed youth: 1. India (Ameerah Arshad, Ansh Dabas) 16 (629.4); 2. Korea (Kim Minseo, Shin Sungwoo) 12 (623.1); 3. Iran (Abdollaisafayesh Nazaninzahra, Tahmasebiabdar Mahdi) 16 (622.6); 4. Uzbekistan (Milena Khakimova, Muhammad Jon Anvarov) 4 (612.2); 3. Kyrgyzstan (Zhibek Bektasova, Abdu Razzak Muratov) 16 (612.4); 4. Mongolia (Enkhkhuslen Erdenesaikhan, Enkhmandakh Bayaraa) 1 (612.0).
Published – August 23, 2025 08:17 pm IST
