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Asian Olympic Qualification: Rhythm Sangwan secured India’s record-breaking 16th Olympic quota place in shooting with a bronze medal in the women’s 25m pistol at the Asian Olympic Qualification, here on Thursday.

This is India's highest-ever number of quota places. In the last Olympics in Tokyo, India had won 15 and secured 12 quotas during the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

The 20-year-old India scored 28 points to finish third while China's Yang Jiin clinched the gold with a score of 41, while Korea's Kim Yeji was placed second with 32 points.