India open Asian Games shooting campaign with silver in women's 10m air rifle

India opened their shooting campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a silver medal in the women's 10m air rifle team event on Sunday, with Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod combining for a second-place finish.The Indian trio accumulated 1898.0 points to take silver, finishing behind China, who claimed the gold with a world-record score of 1904.2 points. Hosts Japan secured the bronze after scoring 1897.1.The result marked India's first confirmed medal of the 20th Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya. MMA fighter Suchika Tariyal had earlier become the first Indian athlete to assure a medal after progressing to the semifinals of the women's Traditional MMA 60kg competition, where both losing semifinalists receive bronze.Sonam emerged as India's highest scorer in the team event, registering 634.1 points.