Shooter Manu Bhaker finishes 5th, secures 11th Olympic quota for India | More sports News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker earned India's 11th Paris Olympics quota place by finishing fifth in the women's 25m sports pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships in Changwon, Korea on Saturday.As one of the most recognisable figures in Indian shooting, Manu had previously secured a quota place for the 2022 Tokyo Olympics. In the final, she scored 24 points and narrowly missed out on another international medal in a shoot-off.Iran's Haniyeh Rostamiyan claimed the second position, preventing a clean sweep by the Chinese, who had secured the top four spots in this shooting event.However, since China was only entitled to one Paris Olympics quota spot, and Haniyeh had already secured one earlier, Manu secured a Paris quota spot for India despite her fifth-place finish.Manu fought brilliant...