Young shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold in the women’s 10meter Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Saturday. With the win, she has also secured an Olympic quota for India. This is India’s ninth quota in shooting for 2020 Tokyo Games. World no.1 Olena Kostevych of Ukraine claimed the silver, while Serbia’s Jasmina Milavonovic bagged the bronze.
In the ongoing World Cup, this was India’s third gold medal, following Elavenil Valarivan and Abhishek Verma’s efforts earlier. Deswal topped qualification with a superb 582 leading from start to finish in the 60-shot round. She entered the final having to be one of six finalists who were eligible to win quotas, among them Kostevych.