Archive · 22 Sep 2026
India Finishes Fourth in Asian Games Mixed Rifle Final
India entered the mixed air rifle final with Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane.
They had performed very well in qualifying and reached the final in second place.
However, they stayed in fourth place during the final.
Their score of 376.3 was not enough to win a medal.
China won gold with a world-record score of 507.1.
South Korea won silver, and Japan won bronze.
Elavenil and Parth had already won medals in other shooting events at these Games.
India also had mixed results in other sports, including a kabaddi win and losses in karate and sepak takraw.
Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane finished fourth in the 10m air rifle mixed team final.
India qualified second with a reported score of 634.6 or 634.9, behind China's world-record 638.9.
The Indian pair was eliminated after scoring 376.3 in the final.
China's Wang Zifei and Sheng Lihao won gold with a world-record 507.1, ahead of South Korea and Japan.
Chetan Bhatt also missed a karate bronze, while India beat South Korea in kabaddi and lost to Malaysia in sepak takraw.
- Who
- Indian shooters Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane, along with teams from China, South Korea and Japan.
- What
- India finished fourth and missed a medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team final.
- When
- Tuesday during the 2026 Asian Games.
- Where
- Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- India was eliminated after scoring 376.3 in the final despite qualifying second.
- Event
- 10m air rifle mixed team final
- Indian result
- Fourth place with 376.3 points
- Qualification
- India finished second; reports give the score as 634.6 and 634.9
- Gold medal
- China's Wang Zifei and Sheng Lihao, with 507.1 points
- Silver medal
- South Korea's Ban Hyojin and Park Hajun, with 502.9 points
- Bronze medal
- Japan's Misaki Nobata and Naoki Hanakawa, with 439.7 points
- Other Indian shooting medals
- Elavenil and Parth had already won silver medals in team events, while Elavenil also won individual silver and Parth won an individual bronze according to the reports.
