Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan
♦ Indian shooters Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan clinched a gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle mixed team event at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on 23 August 2025. ♦ The duo defeated China’s Peng Xinlu and LU Dingke by 17-11 in the final. ♦ This was Elavenil's second gold medal at the championship, following her win in the women's 10m air rifle individual event on Friday where she scored 253.6 points. ♦ She finished ahead of China's Peng Xinlu (253.0) and Korea's Kwon Eunji (231.2) to become continental champion for the first time. ♦ The men's 10m air rifle team of Arjun Babuta, Rudrankksh Patil and Kiran Jadhav also secured team gold earlier in the championship. ♦ In the women's team event, Elavenil combined with Mehuli Ghosh and Ananya Naidu to win bronze. ♦ Mehuli Ghosh also placed fourth in the individual women's 10m air rifle final.