Manu Bhaker secures India 7th Olympic quota

In shooting, young shooter Manu Bhaker secured India its seventh Olympic quota with a fourth-place finish in the women's 10 meter air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany, today. This is India's first quota in women's 10 meter pistol. 

The 17-year Bhaker shot 201 in the final to secure the quota for the Tokyo Games. Bhaker is winner of multiple medals at top global events. She finished third in qualification with a total of 582 points , shooting a solid 98 in her last two rounds.

On Monday, Bhaker suffered a heartbreak as she missed out on the podium after a weapon malfunction saw her slip to fifth spot after leading the field. The other two Indian women shooters in the fray, Yashaswini Singh Deswal slipped to 22nd position with a total of 574 and Heena Sidhu was placed 45th with a total of 570 points.

Saurabh Chaudhary has won quota place in men's 10 meter air pistol at the World Cup in Delhi and  Abhishek Verma grabbed the quota place in the same event at the World Cup in Beijing.

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