Female shooter Amini secures 2024 Olympics berth

The shooter stood in sixth place in the 10m air rifle with a score of 628.02 points in the Asian Championship 2024 Rifle / Pistol Jakarta.

Indian shooters Nancy and Elavenil Valarivan won gold and silver respectively and the bronze medal went to China’s Yufan Shen.

The Asian championship started on Jan. 5 and will run until Jan. 17 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

This edition is the 17th edition of the continental championship, and a total of 16 quotas for the Paris Olympic Games are up for grabs.

Amini’s berth is Iran’s 13th berth in the Olympics so far.

This is the penultimate Paris Olympic qualification tournament which will offer quotas.

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