Asian Games: India open medal account with two shooting silvers as hockey, cricket, MMA shine
India has secured two silver medals in shooting at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with additional successes in hockey, cricket, and MMA. Athlete Suchika Tariyal has also guaranteed at least a bronze medal in the debut MMA event.
Why it matters
The performance highlights India's growing competitiveness in diverse sporting disciplines on the international stage.
NEW DELHI: India opened their medal account at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with two silver medals on Sunday, both coming in the women’s 10m air rifle competition, as Elavenil Valarivan emerged as the standout performer on a day that also brought assured medals, cricket and hockey victories and strong starts in badminton and table tennis.Valarivan first combined with Sonam Uttam Maskar and Games debutant Vidarsa Vinod to win silver in the women’s 10m air rifle team event before adding an individual silver later in the day.The 27-year-old’s individual medal was particularly significant after she had gone without a podium finish in her previous two Asian Games appearances. She shot 252.4 in the final to finish 0.6 points behind Japan’s Hinata Taichi, who claimed gold with an Asian Games record 253.0. South Korea’s Ban Hyojin won bronze with 230.4.For Valarivan, it was a day of both achievement and a near-miss.
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