Naoya okada

The Asian Shooting Championships: Indian shooters Arjun Babuta and Tilottama Sen have clinched 2024 Paris Olympic quota places by securing silver medals in the men's and women's 10m air rifle events, respectively, at the Asian Shooting Championships, here on Friday.

India now have successfully obtained 10 Olympic quota places in shooting, which includes the maximum allotment of two positions for each gender in the 10m air rifle events. Prior to this, Rudrankksh Patil secured a quota place in the men's air rifle event, while Mehuli Ghosh did the same in the women's air rifle category.

In the men's 10m air rifle final, Babuta shot 251.2 to finish behind Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Sheng Lihao of China, who shot 252.1. Japan's Naoya Okada took bronze with 230.6.