Shooter Chinki Yadav bags India's 11th Olympic Quota
Doha: Chinki Yadav secured India's 11th Tokyo Olympic quota in shooting after qualifying for the women's 25m Pistol final at the 14th Asian Championships, here on Friday.
Chinki shot a perfect 100 to finish second in the qualification stage with a score of 588, behind Thailand's Naphaswan Yangpaiboon (590).
The 21-year-old will now compete in the eight-woman final, later on Friday. It is the country's second quota spot in 25m pistol event after Rahi Sarnobat won the first at the World Cup in Munich, earlier this year.
Other Indians in the fray, Annu Raj Singh (575) and Neeraj Kaur (572) finished 21st and 27th respectively.
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At least three dead, 58 injured in UAE since start of Iranian missile strikes
Abu Dhabi: At least three people have been killed and 58 others injured in the United Arab Emirates since Iran began its retaliatory missile campaign in the Gulf following US and Israeli attacks, authorities said.
In a statement, the UAE’s Defence Ministry said the country detected 165 ballistic missiles, of which 152 were destroyed. It also said two cruise missiles were intercepted.
The ministry added that a total of 541 Iranian drones were detected, and 506 of them were intercepted and destroyed.
According to the statement, the attacks resulted in the deaths of three individuals – one each from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Further details about the condition of the injured were not immediately available.
