Munich, June 11 -- Two-time Olympian Elavenil Valarivan kickstarted India's campaign at the ISSF World Cup 2025 in Munich, Germany, with a bronze medal in the women's 10m air rifle.

Once again, it was a 9.8 shot that came to haunt her after last year's Paris Olympics. During the qualification round, she shot 9.8 and missed the qualification mark by a whisker.

During the pulsating contest, where momentum shifted like a pendulum, Elavenil asserted control in the final. She led with a score of 210.8 points. However, her fortune turned around with a 9.8 on her penultimate shot, which cost her a top-two finish. She finished with a score of 231.2 points to settle for bronze on Tuesday.

People's Republic of China's Wang Zifei, who set a world...