Chinki Yadav secures Olympic quota, qualifies for Asian Championships final

This was India's 11th quota in Shooting for Tokyo Games.

Doha: Chinki Yadav secured India's 11th Tokyo Olympic quota in shooting after qualifying for the women's 25m Pistol final at the 14th Asian Championships, here on Friday.
Chinki shot a perfect 100 to finish second in the qualification stage with a score an aggregate of 588, behind Thailand's Naphaswan Yangpaiboon (590).

Chinki Yadav

The 21-year-old will now compete in the eight-woman final, later on Friday.She shot 296 to register a total of 588, finishing behind Thailand's Naphaswan Yangpainboon, who shot 590 in the qualifications. On Thursday, she had shot 292 to give herself the chance of securing one of the four available places for next year's Olympic Games. This was India's 11th quota in Shooting for Tokyo Games.

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Rahi Sarnobat had already secured the other quota for India at the ISSF World Cup in Munich. Rahi's score of 37 had helped her beat Ukraine's Olena Kostevych at the event and take the top spot. The 28-year-old made a stunning comeback to the sport as she became the first Indian woman to win gold at the Asian Games. This after an elbow injury had forced her to stay away from shooting.

• 11th @Tokyo2020 quota place in Shooting confirmed for #India @ChinkiYadav4 has sealed India’s 2nd & final quota in women’s 25m Pistol by qualifying for the finals of the event at Asian Shooting Championship in #Qatar Now for the medal! Go India!🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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  11th @Tokyo2020 quota place in Shooting confirmed for #India @ChinkiYadav4 has sealed India’s 2nd & final quota in women’s 25m Pistol by qualifying for the finals of the event at Asian Shooting Championship in #Qatar Now for the medal! Go India!🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

  — NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) November 8, 2019

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  11th @Tokyo2020 quota place in Shooting confirmed for #India @ChinkiYadav4 has sealed India’s 2nd & final quota in women’s 25m Pistol by qualifying for the finals of the event at Asian Shooting Championship in #Qatar Now for the medal! Go India!🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

  — NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) November 8, 2019

Rahi won the first Olympic quota place that was available to the Indians in this category in Munich with those in the pistol and rifle events being won by Apurvi Chandela, Anjum Moudgil, Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma.

In the MQS category, Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker -- who have both sealed their Tokyo quotas -- scored a solid 589 and 584 respectively. Chinki's qualification is the 11th quota booked in shooting by the Indians for Tokyo 2020.