Golfers Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar are set to represent India at the Paris Olympics, as per the final men’s list of qualified players released by the International Golf Federation (IGF) on Tuesday.
IGF’s Olympic qualification list comprises 60 men. Shubhankar and Gaganjeet made the cut with Olympic ranks of 48 and 54, respectively.
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The men’s (August 1-4) and women’s (August 7-10) golf events for Paris Games will be held at the Golf National course in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
The final list for women’s event will be released on June 24. Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar, currently placed 24th and 40th, respectively, are likely to qualify.
At Tokyo Olympics, Aditi had finished fourth, the best ever result achieved by an Indian golfer at the Summer Games.
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