Besides her individual podium finish, Elavenil also combined with Shreya Agrawal and Zeena Khitta to claim the team gold medal.
Arjun Babuta bagged his second junior world cup medal, claiming a bronze in men’s 10m air rifle event.
The 18-year-old Elavenil, competing in her second World Cup and first final, shot 249.8 in the women’s final to claim the top individual honours. Her 631.4 in the qualification was a new world record.
After a 9.6, Elavenil sealed the win with a high 10.7 in the crucial 24th shot, getting the better of Chinese Taipei’s Lin Ying-Shin.
Elavenil had also won a bronze medal at the FISU World Shooting Sport Championship last week.
China’s Wang Zeru managed to win the bronze medal with a score of 228.4 in her first World Cup appearance.
India’s other finalists in the event – Shreya and Zeena – finished sixth and seventh, respectively, enough to clinch the team gold medal ahead of Chinese Taipei’s Lin, Tsai Yi-Ting and Hung Chen-Ching. The bronze was claimed by Zhu, Wang and Gao Mingwei of China.
Babuta, a silver medallist at last year’s Asian Championship in Wako City, Japan, finished below Yuqi Liu of China (247.1) and Zalan Pekler (246)of Hungary, with a score of 226.3.
The other Indian shooters in the event – Surya Pratap Singh and Shahu Tushar Mane – finished sixth and eighth respectively
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