Daegu (South Korea), Nov 12 (IANS) India's Mehuli Ghosh beat South Korean shooter Eunyoung Cho to clinch the Women's 10m Air Rifle gold medal at the Asian Airgun Championship 2022, here on Saturday.Mehuli, a 2018 Youth Olympics silver medal winner, finished behind Cho in the ranking round with a score of 261.1 as the South Korean topped the table with 262.5. However, in the gold medal match, the Indian shooter came out on top by a 16-12 scoreline.Meanwhile, former world No.1 and Tokyo Olympian Elavenil Valarivan had a disappointing outing and finished sixth in the ranking round.In the Junior Women's 10m Air Rifle event, Tilottama Sen and Nancy handed India a 1-2 finish. Nancy (261.4) topped the ranking round with Tilottama (260.4) coming in second to set up an all-Indian gold medal clash.In the gold medal match, Tilottama beat Nancy 17-11 to claim the gold. Nancy had to settle for the silver medal.
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