2Photo© hindustantimes.comRajeshwari Kumari earns India's seventh Paris Olympics quota in shooting
Rajeshwari Kumari became the second Indian shooter in history to win an Olympic quota in the Women's Trap event after finishing fifth in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship (All Events) on Thursday in Baku, Azerbaijan.
After setting a national record score of 120 (beating her own record of 118) in the qualification round, India No. 1 Rajeshwari finished with 19 hits from the first 30 targets of the six-woman 50-shot final, securing India's seventh Paris 2024 quota place in Shooting.
Lin Yi Chun of Chinese Taipei won gold with 40 hits to 39 over Italy's Jessica Rossi, the 2012 London Olympic Games winner and three-time world champion, according to the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) in a release on Thursday.