Shooter Anish Bhanwala gets India 12th Paris Olympics quota, wins bronze medal
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Anish Bhanwala won the bronze medal in the men’s 25 meter rapid fire pistol event of the ongoing Asian Championships in Changwan, Korea on Monday, giving India the 12th Paris Olympic quota in shooting.
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 Changwan, Korea, giving India the 12th Paris Olympics quota in shooting.
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. Local favorite shooter Lee Gunhyeok won the gold medal. Anish Bhanwala had secured a quota for the Paris Olympics by reaching the final as China, Japan and Korea had already secured two Olympic quotas each in this event. Apart from 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.
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