Doha, November 11: India has secured an unprecedented 15 quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Yesterday, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa secured gold and Mairaj Ahmad Khan won silver thereby adding 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.
India won three quotas yesterday, 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). He had sailed through to the finals of the event with a score of 1168 in the 120-shot qualifying. Tomar is the second Indian, after veteran Sanjeev Rajput, to have got a quota place in the 3P event.
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.
This is India's best-ever Olympic quota haul, easily surpassing the 12 at the 2016 Rio Games and 11 in London in 2012.