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Shooting News: Shooter Abhishek Verma books Olympics quota

Indian shooter Abhishek Verma clinches the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup being held in Beijing. Abhishek Verma's brilliant performance in the Shooting World Cup Final also secured a fifth Olympic quota for India. Shooters Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela, Saurabh Choudhary and Divyansh Singh Panwar had earlier secured India four Olympic spots. In the qualification round, Abhishek Verma finished fourth with a score of 585. Abhishek Verma topped the charts in the final, finishing with a total score of 242.7. Russia's Artem Chernousov clinched the silver medal with a score of 240.4 while Korea's Han Seungwoo shot a score of 220.0 to take home the bronze medal.

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  • Released : 28-Apr-2019

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