Former World champion Tejaswini Sawant won the Olympic quota in the women’s rifle 3-position event by qualifying for the final with an impressive score of 1171 in the Asian shooting championship on Saturday.
It was the 12th Olympic quota for Indian shooters for Tokyo 2020, and the third in the ongoing championship after Deepak Kumar (men’s rifle 3-position) and Chinki Yadav (women’s 25-metre sports pistol).
With two Chinese and two Koreans, apart from Mongolia’s Yesugen Oyunbat who had booked a berth to Tokyo in air rifle earlier, not in the race for quota, the three spots were taken by the finalists from Japan, India and Iran.
The 39-year-old Tejaswini finished fourth, narrowly missing a medal following a score of 8.8.
Angad shines
In men’s skeet, Asian champion Angad Vir Singh Bajwa was well placed with a total of 74 out of 75 after three rounds. He was a point behind Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait. Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan (73) and Smit Singh (72) were also among the top shooters, keeping themselves in the race for the final, with two rounds to go on Sunday.
Olympian Gurpreet Singh bagged the men’s standard pistol silver with 586, two points behind Han Daeyoon of Korea.
The juniors continued to excel, as Jasmeen Kaur and Aadhya Tayal claimed the youth women’s rifle and pistol gold medals.
India clinched nine medals on the fifth day of competition, taking its tally to 44.
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