Sarabjot wins bronze to seal Paris Olympics quota

Sarabjot Singh locked the Paris Olympics quota by winning a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol while Sainyam clinched the gold in the junior women's event at the Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, Korea on Tuesday. Sarabjot shot 221.1 in the final to finish behind the Chinese duo of Zhang Yifan (gold, 243.7) and Liu Jinyao (242.1) to earn the eighth Olympic quota place for India in shooting and the first in pistol events. The Indian had earlier made it to the eight-shooter finals with a score of 581, which helped him clinch the eighth spot in the qualification round. With China having already bagged two Olympic quota places in the event and only one of the two Koreans eligible, Sarabjot had his task cut out needing a high finish.