Shooters Arjun Babuta and Tilottama Sen booked their spots in the Paris Olympics 2024. Both the Indians won the silver medal in the Men and Women’s 10m Air Rifle events at the Asian Championships. With this a total of 10 Indians have now qualified for the upcoming Olympics.
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The 24-year-old Babuta shot 633.4 and topped the qualifying rounds. In the finals he finished second behind China’s Sheng Lihao by scoring 251.2.
Apart from winning the individual silver, Babuta also helped the team which included Divyansh Singh Panwar and Hriday Hazarika to clinch the gold medal with an aggregate score of 1892.4.
“I don’t remember the last time I was this happy. It has been a calculated, planned team effort. We visualised this and now the effort will be on getting better — a lot of things still need to be improved,” Babuta said.
Tilottama Sen – From finishing sixth in qualification to winning silver
The 15-year-old Tilottama shot a total of 252.3 in the women’s final to fetch the 10th Olympic quota place for India. She finished behind Kwon Eunji of Korea, who shot 252.4. It was a double podium finish for India as Ramita Jindal bagged the bronze with an effort of 230.6.
“I had lots of issues in qualification today and to overcome that come up with this result. Yes, I would say I am satisfied,” Tilottama said. She had qualified with a score of 630.5, while Ramita shot 629.5 to take the seventh qualifying spot.
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The other Indians who have made the cut to Paris are Sift Kaur Samra, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran in Men and Women 50m Rifle 3 positions. Sarabjot Singh earned a place in the Men’s 10m air pistol.
Rudrankksh Patil and Nehuli Ghosh qualified in Women’s 10m air rifle. MeanwhileRajeshwari Kumari and Bhowneesh Mendirratta made the cut in the Men’s and omen’s trap events.
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