On January 8, Indian shooters made a great start to their campaign at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Jakarta, Indonesia by winning the gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol team event.
The Indian team of Varun Tomar, Arjun Singh Cheema, and Ujjwal Malik secured the top position with a total score of 1740.
While Iran won the silver medal, Korea won the bronze medal. Varun and Arjun have also made it to the individual finals.
A total of 16 quota places are available for the Paris Olympics in the continental showpiece.
There are four quotas and a maximum of three quotas available for Indian shooters in the men’s and women’s 10-meter air pistol events.
As many as 385 athletes from 26 countries will take aim at the Senayan Shooting Range in Jakarta for 256 medals (84 gold, 84 silver, and 88 bronze medals), besides the Paris quotas.
India has already won 13 Olympic quota places in shooting across rifle, pistol, and shotgun events.
While all the quota places have been secured in rifles, a total of three quota places have been secured in pistols.
