Young Manu Bhaker secured India its seventh Olympic quota in shooting with a fourth-place finish in the women’s 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup on Wednesday, putting behind the disappointment of pistol malfunction in her earlier event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While a score of 201.0 in the final got India a quota for the 2020 Tokyo Games, the 17-year-old Bhaker missed out on a medal by the narrowest of margins, trailing reigning Olympic and world champion Anna Korakaki of Greece by a mere 0.1 point at that stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winner of multiple medals at top global events, Bhaker finished third in qualification with a total of 582 points, shooting a solid 98 in her last two rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Korakaki and the bronze-winning Korean Kim Minjung were not eligible from the start, having exhausted either their individual or country quotas in earlier competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India have now picked up two Olympic quotas from the ongoing World Cup as well as three gold medals to lead the medal tally with one more day to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bhaker shared the two available quotas with the silver-winning Chinese athlete Qian Wei.The gold-winning score was 241.4, silver was decided at 239.6 while bronze was won at 220.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Monday, Bhaker suffered a heartbreak as she missed out on the podium after a weapon malfunction saw her slip to fifth spot after leading the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yashaswini Singh Deswal, a junior World Cup winner, was also on course to make the final before a poor series of 92 in the final set saw her slip to 22nd with a total of 574 . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunidhi Chauhan gave a good account of herself in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event, losing out on a maiden ISSF World Cup finals berth on account of lesser inner 10s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Needing to be among the top eight to qualify for the final, Sunidhi shot a creditable 1175 to tie on points with the 6th, 7th and 8th placed shooters, but Italian former world champion Petra Zublasing edged her out for the last spot with 57-inner 10 counts to Sunidhi’s 51.It could not have been closer for the youngster from Bhopal, who is in her debut senior year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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