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Asian Shooting C'ships: Elavenil And Arjun Win Mixed Team Air Rifle Gold As India Crosses 50 Medal Mark

By IANS News February 08, 2026 • 17:34 PM View: 74

Karni Singh Shooting Range: Olympians Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta teamed up to clinch a gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle mixed team event as India crossed the 50 mark in total medals in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, New Delhi 2026, which is being held here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range. Himanshu Dhillon and Shambhavi Kshirsagar secured the gold in the junior mixed team event, while Hrudya Shri Kondur and Anshul Batra won a gold medal in the youth mixed team event.

The Rio 2016 Olympian Gurpreet Singh won gold in the 25m Standard Pistol event, leading to a clean sweep of the podium. Harsh Gupta secured silver while Amanpreet Singh won the bronze medal. In the junior category, the Indian shooters repeated the clean sweep with Suraj Sharma, Mukesh Nelavalli, and Tanishq Muralidhar Naidu winning gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively. Both seniors and juniors also won the team gold in their respective categories.

At the end of Day 5 of the competitions, India are far ahead of the competition in the medal tally with a total of 54 medals, including 34 gold, 12 silver, and eight bronze. Uzbekistan are in second place with three gold and one silver, followed by Indonesia with one gold, two silver, and four bronze.

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