After topping qualification with a score of 586, Varun Tomar, cousin of former world champion and Tokyo Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary, pipped compatriot Arjun Singh Cheema in the final.
Kazakh shooter Nikita Chiryukin, Korea’s Song Jong-Ho, Sukjin Hong and Jaekyoon Lee and Japan’s Dai Yoshioka were the other shooters who made the medal round.
This was also India’s second quotas in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event. A country can win a maximum of two quotas per shooting event for the Paris Olympics.
This was India’s 11th quota in shooting for the Olympics. Five of these - Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Sift Kaur Samra, Rajeshwari Kumari and Tilottama Sen - have come through women.
With this India’s tally in the championship currently includes one gold, one silver and one bronze.
Sarabjot Singh won the individual bronze medal on Tuesday in the 10m air pistol and also secured India’s first Paris Olympics quota in the pistol events.
Deepak shot 227.8 in the final of the event on the tournament's opening day and qualified for the eight-man final in third place with a score of 626.8.
