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Shooter Anish Bhanwala gets India's 12th Paris Olympics quota after winning bronze medal

Anish Bhanwala had secured a Paris Olympics quota by reaching the final as China, Japan and Korea had already secured two Olympic quotas each in this event.

Payal DebnathOctober 30, 2023 at 09:11 AM • 4 min read
Shooter Anish Bhanwala gets India's 12th Paris Olympics quota after winning bronze medal
Anish Bhanwala had secured a Paris Olympics quota by reaching the final as China, Japan and Korea had already secured two Olympic quotas each in this event.

Commonwealth Games gold medalist Anish Bhanwala on Monday won the bronze medal in the men's 25 meter rapid fire pistol event of the ongoing Asian Championships in Changwon, South Korea, giving India the 12th Paris Olympics quota in shooting.

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Anish Bhanwala finished third in the qualification round with a score of 588. Image- Vartha Bharathi
Anish Bhanwala finished third in the qualification round with a score of 588. Image- Vartha Bharathi

Anish Bhanwala lost in the shootout to Dai Yoshioka of Japan who won the silver medal. The 21 year old shooter from Karnal had shot 28 targets in the final. While local favorite shooter Gunhyeok Lee won the gold medal. In addition, Anish Bhanwala had secured a Paris Olympics quota by reaching the final as China, Japan and Korea had already secured two Olympic quotas each in this event.

In the qualification round, China's Wang Xinjie topped the chart, scoring 589, while his compatriot Li Yuehong accumulated a total of 588 points to qualify for the final.

Apart from Anish Bhanwala, other shooters who reached the final were from China, Japan and Korea. Bhanwala reached the finals by finishing third in the qualification stage with 588 points. Another Indian Bhavesh Shekhawat was in the top eight in the qualification with 584 points but could not reach the final as he was competing only for ranking points (RPO) and was not eligible to reach the final.

This was, meanwhile, India's first Paris Olympics quota place in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. India has so far won three Paris Olympics quota places at the Asian Championship in Changwon. Last week, Tilottama Sen (women's 10m air rifle) and Manu Bhaker (women's 25m pistol) secured two more quota places for India.

Also Read: Paris Olympics 2024: Indian athletes who qualified for the Paris 2024

Indian shooters who got Paris Olympics quota:

  1. Men's 10m air rifle - Rudrankksh Patil, Arjun Babuta

  • Men's 10m air pistol - Sarabjot Singh

  • Men's 50m rifle 3 positions - Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran

  • Men's trap - Bhowneesh Mendiratta

  • Women's 10m air rifle - Mehuli Ghosh, Tilottama Sen

  • Women's 50m rifle 3 positions - Sift Kaur Samra

  • Women's trap - Rajeshwari Kumari

  • Women's 25m pistol - Manu Bhaker

  • Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol - Anish Bhanwala

    • Indian athletes who got Paris Olympics quota:

    Number Athlete Sport Event Status
    1 Bhowneesh Mendiratta Shooting Men's trap Quota
    2 Rudrankksh Patil Shooting Men's 10m air rifle Quota
    3 Swapnil Kusale Shooting Men's 50m rifle 3 positions Quota
    4 Akhil Sheoran Shooting Men's 50m rifle 3 positions Quota
    5 Mehuli Ghosh Shooting Women's 10m air rifle Quota
    6 Sift Kaur Samra Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3 positions Quota
    7 Rajeshwari Kumari Shooting Women's trap Quota
    8 Akshdeep Singh Athletics Men's 20km race walk Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    9 Priyanka Goswami Athletics Women's 20km race walk Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    10 Vikas Singh Athletics Men's 20km race walk Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    11 Paramjeet Bisht Athletics Men's 20km race walk Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    12 Murali Sreeshankar Athletics Men's long jump Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    13 Avinash Sable Athletics Men's 3000m steeplechase Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    14 Neeraj Chopra Athletics Men's javelin throw Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    15 Parul Chaudhary Athletics Women's 3000m steeplechase Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    16 Antim Panghal Wrestling Women's 53kg Quota
    17 Nikhat Zareen Boxing Women's 50kg Quota
    18 Preeti Pawar Boxing Women's 54kg Quota
    19 Parveen Hooda Boxing Women's 57kg Quota
    20 Lovlina Borgohain Boxing Women's 75kg Quota
    21 Kishore Jena Athletics Men's javelin throw Direct (Met qualifying standard)
    22 Team India Hockey Men's hockey Direct
    23 Sarabjot Singh Shooting Men's 10m air pistol Quota
    24 Arjun Babuta Shooting Men's 10m air rifle Quota
    25 Tilottama Sen Shooting Women's 10m air rifle Quota
    26 Manu Bhaker Shooting Women's 25m pistol Quota
    27 Anish Bhanwala Shooting Men's 25m rapid fire pistol Quota

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