Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: October 30, 2023, 11:28 IST
Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala (SAI/X)
Anish Bhanwala clinched bronze medal within the males’s 25m fast pistol hearth occasion on the Asian Championships to win India’s 12th Paris Olympic quota in taking pictures.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Anish Bhanwala bagged India’s 12th Paris Olympic quota in taking pictures as he clinched a bronze medal within the males’s 25m fast pistol hearth occasion on the Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea on Monday.
The 21-12 months-previous from Karnal, who had 28 hits within the last, misplaced a shoot out to Japan’s Dai Yoshioka, who received the silver medal.
Local favorite Lee Gunhyeok took residence the gold.
Bhanwala fetched the quota for the Paris Games by qualifying for the ultimate as China, Japan and Korea have already exhausted their two Olympic quotas every within the occasion.
Apart from Bhanwala, all the opposite shooters who made it to the ultimate had been from China, Japan and Korea.
Bhanwala shot 588 to complete third within the qualification stage and transfer to the ultimate.
Another Indian competing within the occasion, Bhavesh Shekhawat shot 584 to be among the many prime-eight within the qualification however couldn’t enter the ultimate as he was competing for rating factors solely (RPO). He was not eligible for the ultimate.
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