This was Elavenil Valarivan's first individual podium finish in the ongoing event having won a silver and bronze in the team events previously.

Two-time Olympian Elavenil Valarivan opened India's medal account with a bronze in the women's 10m air rifle category, scoring 231.2.

Elavenil Valarivan settled for the bronze medal after leading for a good part in the women's 10m air rifle final in the the ISSF World Cup in Munich

India's Ramita Jindal gave a strong display of marksmanship to qualify for the women's 10m air rifle final in fifth place even as Elavenil Valarivan succumbed to pressure to miss out

The pair of Elavenil and Sandeep Singh finished in 12th place with 626.3 points

India crashed out of medal contention in the 10m air rifle mixed team event after failing to finish in the top four during the qualification stage at Paris.

Ahead of the shooting contingent's campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024, parents of Indian shooters Elavenil Valarivan and Ramita Jindal expressed hope that the athletes will come back home with medals and also talked about their preparations.

Olympian Elavenil Valarivan won the women's 10m air rifle event to clinch her second gold at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition in Rio de Janeiro

The two Indian pairs, Elavenil Valarivan/Divyansh Singh Panwar and Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar, participating in the 10m air rifle mixed team event crashed out in the first qualifications stage

Indian shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics as first-timer Elavanil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event on Saturday.