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After a couple of unfruitful days at archerys Final Olympic Qualifier, India secured a women's recurve individual quota for the Paris Olympics as young Bhajan Kaur grabbed the gold medal in the tournament held in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday..
Eight Olympic spots were up for grabs in the individual event that awarded only one quota per country..
"Kaur Bhajan takes GOLD and QUOTA ticket for India at the Final Olympic Qualifier," World Archery wrote on X. ..
Stunned by lower-ranked Ukraine in the Round of 16 of the team outing, the onus was on the Indian women to step up and get the job done in the individual event by at least making the quarters and securing the quota..
Kaur shot a 10 and a couple of 9s to take the opening set in which the Iranian littered an 8. Fallah then tidied herself shooting a couple of 10s but an X (closer to the centre) by Kaur made the difference in splitting the second set 29-29..
