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Sheoran secures India’s fifth Oly quota
Updated On: 21 August, 2023 08:18 AM IST | Baku (Azerbaijan) | PTI
Austria’s Alexander Schmirl won the gold medal in the event with 462.6 and Czech Republic’s Petr Nymbursky settled for the silver with a total score of 459.2
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India’s Akhil Sheoran secured the country’s fifth Paris Olympics quota in shooting after winning the bronze medal in men’s rifle 3-position competition at the ISSF World Championships here on Sunday.
Sheoran aggregated 450.0 in the eight-man final to finish third and also bag a quota for next year’s Olympic Games. He was placed sixth in the qualifications with an aggregate score of 585.
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