Mehuli Ghosh secures Paris 2024 Olympics berth, finishing third in women’s 10 meter air rifle event at ISSF World Championship 2023 in Baku

Tweeted By AIR In Shooting, India’s Mehuli Ghosh secured a Paris 2024 Olympics quota for India after finishing third in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the ISSF World Championship 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, yesterday.

In the final, Mehuli Ghosh scored 229.8 to finish with a bronze medal behind the People’s Republic of China’s Jiayu Han and Zhilin Hang. India’s Tilottama Sen finished a credible fourth with 208.4.

The ISSF World Championship 2023 is a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

A total of 48 Olympic quotas are on offer with the top four finishers (one per country) in each of the 12 Olympic individual shooting events. This was India’s fourth Paris 2024 quota in shooting.