ISSF World Championships 2023: Mehuli Ghosh secures Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India
Indian shooter Mehuli Ghosh won the bronze medal in the women’s 10m air rifle event while Tilottama Sen finished fourth. India also won the team gold medal in the event.
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India’s Mehuli Ghosh secured a Paris 2024 Olympics quota for India after finishing third in the women’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Championship 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday.
In the final, Mehuli Ghosh scored 229.8 to finish with a bronze medal behind the People’s Republic of China’s Jiayu Han and Zhilin Hang. India’s Tilottama Sen finished a credible fourth with 208.4.
The ISSF World Championship 2023 is a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. A total of 48 Olympic quotas are on offer with the top four finishers (one per country) in each of the 12 Olympic individual shooting events.
Although Mehuli Ghosh obtained a nominative quota, National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games. Athletes' participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.
This was India’s fourth Paris 2024 quota in shooting.
Bhowneesh Mendiratta (men's trap), reigning world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil (men's 10m air rifle) and Swapnil Kusale (men's 50m rifle 3 positions) won Olympic quotas for India at last year’s ISSF World Championships.
As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024
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Earlier in the day, Mehuli Ghosh had topped the qualification round with a score of 634.5. Tilottama Sen, meanwhile, finished sixth in qualifying with 631.3 to make the medal round. Ramita just missed the cut after finishing 11th with 630.1.
Mehuli Ghosh, Tilottama Sen and Ramita’s total tally of 1895.9 won India the gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle team event ahead of China (1893.7) and Germany (1887.5).
India have now won four medals - two gold and two bronze - at the ISSF World Championships 2023 in Baku so far.