Shooting, Asian Olympic qualifiers: Varun Tomar, Esha Singh secure Paris 2024 quotas

Varun Tomar and Esha Singh on Monday won India’s 14th and 15th Paris 2024 Olympic quota places after winning gold wins in the men’s and women’s 10m air pistol respectively at the Asian Olympic Qualification Rifle/Pistol event at the Senayan Shooting range in Jakarta, Indonesia. In a display of dominance, Tomar won by a margin of 2.6 and Singh by a whopping 6.8 to deliver virtuoso performances.

It was a double podium in both the Olympic events for India as Arjun Cheema won silver in the men’s pistol while Rhythm Sangwan won bronze in the women’s competition, displaying India’s continental might in the sport.

Mongolian Davaakhuu Enkhtaivan won bronze in the men’s event to win the second available quota, while Pakistan’s Kishmala Talat’s silver winning performance in the women’s, brought a historic first ever women’s shooting Olympic quota for her country.

Each country could win only one of the two quota places on offer, so Arjun missed out. The Indian trio of Tomar, Cheema and Ujjwal also won the men’s team gold, as did the women’s team of Singh, Sangwan and Surbhi as India topped the standings at the end of day one with four golds and a total of six medals.

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