PUNE: It was heartburn at ISSF World Championships in Doha on Tuesday as Elavenil Valarivan missed out on clinching a quota place for Los Angeles Olympics by a small margin. Elavenil finished sixth in the women’s 10m air rifle event and missed the quota by two spots as the fourth finisher took one of the three tickets to LA on offer.The gold and first quota were won by Paris Games champion Ban Hyojin, who scored 253.1 to defend her title won last year in Cairo. The silver and second quota place were clinched by China’s Jiayu Han, who shot 252.2. The bronze was sealed by another Chinese, Zifei Wang, who shot 231 to secure third place.Elavenil shot 167.3 before getting eliminated in sixth position. The Indian got off to a decent start with 10.4, 10.5, 10.7 and 10.8 in her first four shots, but her fifth shot, a 9.9, brought her down to fourth position in the first series itself.
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She later shot some 10.6s and 10.7s, but the top five shooters did better by shooting higher 10s to keep Elavenil below them.Elavenil, Sonam Mhaskar and Shambhavi Kshirsagar aggregated 1894.4 points to secure the second spot in the team event, a non-Olympic category. China claimed the gold medal with 1899.8 points, while Japan took bronze with 1892.6.Earlier, Ela had qualified after shooting 634.2 and was third in the ranking. Sonam (630.5) and Shambhavi (629.7) finished 19th and 32nd respectively.There was disappointment in the men’s event as Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon and Paarth Makhija failed to reach the individual finals of the 10m air rifle event. In the men’s 50m pistol event, the team comprising Ravinder Singh, Saurabh Chaudhary and Amanpreet Singh clinched the team gold in the men’s 50m pistol competition.