Bhanwala claims 12th Oly quota with bronze

Anish Bhanwala. Pic/SAI Media

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anish Bhanwala bagged India's 12th Paris Olympic quota in shooting as he clinched a bronze medal in the men's 25m rapid pistol fire event at the Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea on Monday.

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The 21-year-old from Karnal, who had 28 hits in the final, lost a shoot out to Japan's Dai Yoshioka, who won the silver medal. Local favourite Lee Gunhyeok took home the gold with a score of 34 in the eight five-shot rapid-fire series decider.

Bhanwala fetched the quota for the Paris Games by ending the qualification stage in third place with a score of 588, just one behind China's Wang Xinjie who topped the field. The Indian took the third qualifying spot behind world champion Li Yuehong on countback.

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