Indian shooters secure unprecedented 15 quota places for Tokyo Olympics

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa who secured gold and Mairaj Ahmad Khan winning silver added to India's rich Olympic quota haul with a sensational 1-2 finish in the men's skeet event at the 14th Asian Shooting Championship at Doha on Sunday. Their medals ensured India secured an unprecedented 15 quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

There was a shoot-off for the gold medal and Bajwa prevailed 6-5 against his compatriot after both were tied on 56 at the Lusail Shooting Complex.

This is India's best-ever Olympic quota haul, easily surpassing the 12 at the 2016 Rio Games and 11 in London in 2012.

India won



three quotas today, including teenager Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar's bronze in men's 50m rifle 3 positions. Before India's exploits in the mixed event, the 18-year-old Tomar shot 449.1 in the eight-man final to finish third on the podium, behind gold medallist Kim Jonghyun (459.9) of Korea and Chinese Zhonghao Zhao (459.1).

Meanwhile, continuing India's impressive performance at the prestigious championship, the duo of Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma got the better of compatriots Saurabh Chaudhary and Yashaswini Singh Deswal 16-10 to win the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.