Mehuli Ghosh seals Paris Olympic quota

Mehuli shot 229.8 in the final to ensure a podium finish behind Chinese duo Jiayu Han (251.4) and Zhilin Wang (250.2)

Young shooter Mehuli Ghosh clinched a quota place for India at next year’s Paris Olympics after winning a bronze medal in women’s 10m Air Rifle event at the World Championship, here on Saturday.

The 22-year-old from Kolkata also teamed up with Tilottama Sen and Ramita to win the 10m Air Rifle team competition with a combined total of 1895.9, ahead of China who totalled 1893.7. Germany won bronze.However provision for Olympic quota is only restricted to individual events.

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Mehuli shot 229.8 in the final to ensure a podium finish behind Chinese duo Jiayu Han (251.4) and Zhilin Wang (250.2).

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