India, Sept. 20 -- India began its medal campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on a strong note on Sunday, with shooter Elavenil Valarivan winning silver in the women's 10m air rifle individual final.

Japan's Hinata Taichi clinched the gold medal with an Asian Games record score of 253.0, while South Korea's Ban Hyojin took bronze. Elavenil finished with 252.4 points, just 0.6 points behind the Japanese shooter.

Elavenil entered the final in confident fashion, taking an early lead after the opening series with a score of 53.1. Her Indian teammate Sonam Maskar was seventh with 52.1.

The contest remained closely fought for several rounds before Hinata gradually gained momentum.

Elavenil scored 10.5 with her 21st shot and moved into s...