Elavenil Valarivan Wins Individual Silver, Second Medal of the Day

Elavenil Valarivan won her second medal of the day at the 2026 Asian Games, taking silver in the women's 10m air rifle individual final. She finished with a score of 252.4, just 0.6 points behind gold medallist Hinata Taichi of Japan, who shot 253.0. Ban Hyojin of South Korea took bronze with 230.4.

The result caps a strong day for Valarivan, who earlier combined with Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod to win silver in the team event, India's first medal of the Games. Her teammate Maskar finished 6th in the individual final with 167.0 points.

The silver is India's second individual shooting medal of the day at the Aichi Shooting Range, taking India's overall Asian Games 2026 tally so far to two medals, both in shooting.