Abhishek Verma at the podium with his gold medal. (Source: NRAI Twitter)Indian shooter Abhishek Verma not only won his first gold at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Beijing, China but also secured the fifth Olympic quota for the country by finishing top in the men’s 10m air pistol event.
Abhishek led from the beginning to the end of the final, finishing with score 242.7 and giving India their second Tokyo Olympic quota place in 10m air pistol men event. This was the 29-year old’s maiden World Cup final.
Olympic quota for India @OfficialNRAI @Media_SAI along with a brilliant gold medal by Abhishek Verma in men’s 10m Air Pistol #BeijingWorldCup. Can’t believe this is just his 2nd World Cup. He was so cool & composed. Proud to support you Abhishek @OGQ_India pic.twitter.com/8aOR1bM5qB
— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) 27 April 2019
News Flash: 5th Shooting Quota for India.
Abhishek Verma wins GOLD medal in 10m Air Pistol event and even more importantly wins Olympic Quota for India.
Abhishek scored 242.7 points in Final. pic.twitter.com/DshbGZbtWk— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) 27 April 2019
What composure from this young lad. #AbhishekVerma strikes Gold at @ISSF_Shooting World Cup Beijing in 10m Air Pistol Men. With this 🇮🇳 will field 2 athletes in the event in @Tokyo2020 . @IndiaSports @Media_SAI @OfficialNRAI #IndiaShooting
— Joydeep Karmakar OLY (@Joydeep709) April 27, 2019
Russia’s Artem Chernousov took silver with a total of 240.4 points in the eight-man final. Korea’s Seungwoo Han finished with a bronze after shooting 220.0 in the final.
He had earlier shot a total of 585 points to qualify for the final at the fourth spot while Shahzar Rizvi and Arjun Singh Cheema finished a low 32nd and 54th respectively.
With this, India now has a total of five Olympic quotas with two in this category. Saurabh Chaudhary had won the first at the Delhi World Cup. India now has clinched both their quotas in this event.
The hobby shooter made his International debut at the Asian Games last year, which he concluded with a bronze medal.
