The Indian contingent could not have asked for a better start to its campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo as Ravinder Singh won the gold medal in the men's 50m pistol final, which was the first final of the event.

Two-time Olympian and ace rifle shooter Elavenil Valarivan then capped a wonderful day as she clinched bronze, which was her first individual Worlds medal in the women's 10m air rifle final. The reigning Olympics champion Ban Hyojin of South Korea won the gold medal.

Earlier, Ravinder shot 569 points to finish on top amidst 47 competitors in the qualification round. Ravinder, Kamaljeet (540, 20th) and Yogesh Kumar (537, 24th) also won the team silver.

Elavenil scored a scintillating 633.4 points in the women's

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