PUNE:
Elavenil Valarivan is on a record-breaking mode. The Ahmedabad shooter on Thursday shot a mammoth 631.4 in 10m air rifle qualification to create a new Junior World record and later clinch her maiden
ISSF Junior World Cup
gold in Sydney.
Elavenil, 18, who trains at
Gagan Narang
’s academy in Pune, scored 249.8 in the final to top the podium. The silver went to Chinese Taipei’s
Lin Ying-Shin
(248.7), while the bronze went to China’s
Zeru Wang
(228.4).
The previous junior qualification record of 629.1 was created by India’s
Mehuli Ghosh
only two weeks ago in Mexico. Incidentally, Elavenil’s score of 631.4 didn’t just better the junior world record, but also surpassed senior women’s record. The senior record stands at 629.5 by China’s Sun Ting.
Since Elavenil was shooting in a junior world event, the record will be officially considered only in the junior category despite shooting better than the senior record.
“Junior shooters can establish junior records in senior finals, but junior shooters cannot create senior records in junior finals,” ISSF media manager told TOI. Nonetheless, the score is better than the national record across genders. In men’s 10m air rifle event, Ravi Kumar holds the national record with the score of 629.1, scored last year in the Munich World Cup.
Elavenil had won individual bronze with a new qualification record in the World University Games on Monday. She had shot 400/ 400 in the 10m air rifle qualification round. Other than the individual gold, Elavenil combined with Shreya Agarwal and Zeena Khitta to total 1876.9 for team gold.
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