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Yashaswini Singh Deswal stunned former Olympic and world champion Olena Kostevych of Ukraine to secure India's ninth Olympic quota in shooting after she fired her way to the women's 10m air pistol gold in the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janerio on Saturday, 31 August.
World no.1 Kostevych claimed the silver with 234.8, while Serbia's Jasmina Milavonovic bagged the bronze with 215.7.
Playing her fifth senior World Cup and only her second final, Yashaswini led from the first shot, but for the 15th when she fell just 0.1 behind.
She, however, regained her lead on the 16th shot of the 24-shot final.
Her two final shots where in the 9s, but importantly both were higher than those of her Ukranian opponent to emerge as the champion.
Among other Indian competitors in the event, Annu Raj Singh shot 572 for a 21st place finish while Shweta Singh finished 31st with a score of 568 in the qualifying.
Earlier in the day Kajal Saini of India delivered a hugely improved performance in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) by finishing 22nd with a qualifying round score of 1167.
Former world champion in prone, Tejaswini Sawant finished 47th with a score of 1156.
Anhad Jawanda, the third Indian in the fray, shot 281 to be in 48th spot.
The trio will comeback for the final Rapid Fire round on Sunday to try and make it among the top six finalists.
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