Participating in the Minimum Qualifying Section (MQS) section as guest invitees, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar scored a whopping 630.6.
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European Championship: Led by the sensational Saurabh Chaudhary, India’s Olympic-bound shooters displayed an impeccable performance at the mixed air pistol and air rifle events of the European Championship. Participating in the Minimum Qualifying Section (MQS) section as guest invitees, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar scored a whopping 630.6 in the first qualifying round.
They finished second in the 51 pairs, five of which were a part of the MQS section.
If they were part of the main event, the pair would have qualified for the second round where only the top eight make it.
The Norwegian duo of Jaeanette Duestad and Henrik Larsen topped the stage with a European record score of 632.0.
Then, in the 10m air pistol mixed team competitions, India’s Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary stood at the second spot amongst the competing 43 pairs. They scored a combined score of 580 out of a possible 600.
The duo came second to table-topping Russian pair of Vitalina Batsarashkina and Artem Chernousov. The Russians competed in the regular competition and scored 583.
While both Elavenil and Divyansh were neck and neck in their 30-shot round, returning with scores of 315.8 to 314.8 respectively, Chaudhary shot 294 out of 300.
Bhaker came in third with 286 as only the Russian world number three Chernousov was above Chaudhary, with a 295.
The second Indian pair in the mixed team rifle event, comprising Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar, shot a total of 622.2 to finish 38th overall and third among five pairs in the MQS section.
Last but not the least, the second pair from India– Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Abhishek Verma, also had a decent outing, finishing ninth overall with a score of 575. The Turkish pair above them was only a point ahead at 576.
(With inputs from PTI)
