Abhinav Bindra has become the fourth Indian shooter to win a quota place for the Rio Olympics. Bindra earned the place after he finished sixth in the Men's 10 metre Air Rifle final at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Munich on Thursday. Bindra, India's only individual Olympic gold medallist, shot a score of 122.4 in the final. He had shot 627.5 to qualify for the final in his pet event. Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela are the other Indians to have secured an Olympic quota earlier. Each country can win a maximum of 30 quota places from a total of 15 shooting disciplines (including shotgun events), two each from each discipline. If Bindra could make it to Rio, it will be his fifth consecutive Olympic Games.
News On AIR | May 28, 2015 8:39 PM
Abhinav Bindra becomes 4th Indian shooter to qualify for Rio Olympics