Grappling with shoulder injury, Sarabjot happy to win bronze, Paris Oly quota

Sarabjot Singh. Pic/SAI Media

Pistol shooter Sarabjot Singh is happy that he has finally won an individual medal in a major international competition after grappling with a shoulder injury for more than six months.

The 22-year-old marksman clinched an individual bronze and with it a 2024 Paris Olympic quota place for India at the Asian Championships in Changwon, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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Sarabjot shot 221.1 in the final to finish behind the Chinese duo of Zhang Yifan (gold, 243.7) and Liu Jinyao (242.1) to earn the eighth Olympic quota place for the country in shooting and the first in pistol events.

"I developed the injury during the World Cup in Bhopal. It was an impingement injury as my shoulder blade was rubbing against my collar bone, causing discomfort" Sarabjot told PTI from Changwon.

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