New Delhi: Shooter Anjali Bhagwat booked a quota place in the Olympics during the women's 50m-Rifle three-position event at the ISSF World Cup in Brazil.
Bhagwat finished fourth in the event on Saturday but was awarded the berth since the three podium finishers had already been granted tickets to the Olympics in Beijing, China in 2008.
Gold medal winner Tatiana Goldobina of Russia secured her place during last year's World Cup in Fort Benning while Yi Zhang and Bo Liu, both from China, ensured their quota places being from the Olympic host nation.
Liu was also the winner at the World Cup in China. Bhagwat, who played in the MQS (minimum quota score) category in the 10 m air rifle event here earlier, shot a
total of 679 (582+97).
Bhagwat shot a near perfect 99 and 96 in the Kneeling position. But a poor 7.8 in her third attempt in the final cost her a podium finish.
Goldobina scored 683.2 for the top finish while Zhang won the silver with 682.7 (584+98.7) and Liu took home the bronze with an effort of (580+100.8).
Melbourne Commonwealth Games gold medalist Anuja Jung finished 27th with a score of 571. She shot a series of 194 (97,97) in Prone, 195 (95,100) in Standing and 182 (93,89) in Kneeling.
In the men's event, Gagan Narang, who won the quota place for the previous World Cup in China, finished 29th and Sanjeev Raput finished 33rd.
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