Arjun, Tilottama bag Olympic quota with silver medals

Arjun Babuta and Tilottama Sen

Indian shooters Arjun Babuta and Tilottama Sen earned two Paris Olympic quota places by clinching silver medals in the men's and women's 10m air rifle events respectively, at the ongoing Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea, on Friday. Babuta, 24, also helped the team which included Divyansh Singh Panwar and Hriday Hazarika to clinch the gold medal with an aggregate score of 1892.4.

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Babuta became the ninth Indian shooter overall to clinch an Olympic quota place. Tilottama, 15, followed suit as she shot a total of 252.3 in the women's final to fetch the 10th Olympic quota place for India. Tilottama narrowly missed out on the gold as she finished behind Kwon Eunji of Korea, who shot 252.4. Her compatriot Ramita Jindal bagged the bronze with an effort of 230.6.

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